Owen Watkin

Ospreys in the Guinness PRO14

The Ospreys return to Guinness PRO14 action this weekend when we travel to Galway to face Connacht at the Sportsground for the re-scheduled round 8 fixture. 

We took a look back at how we've fared in the competition so far:

Round 11

The last time the Ospreys were in the PRO14, we came away with the 28-20 win against the Dragons after tries from Mat Protheroe, George North and Scott Otten and extras from Stephen Myler. 

Sam Cross and George North secured their place in Guinness PRO14s team of the week and Mat Protheroe picked up Guinness Player of the match. 

The back three featured heavily on the top performers list for round 11 along with the rest of the squad, including the following:

  • Metres made

Luke Morgan - 1st place - 81m

George North - Joint 2nd - 77m

Mat Protheroe - 4th - 72

 

  • Carries

Mat Protheroe - Joint 2nd - 16

George North - Joint 6th - 11

 

  • Defenders Beaten 

George North - Joint 1st - 6

Luke Morgan - Joint 2nd - 5

 

  • Clean Breaks

George North - 1st - 4

Rhys Webb - Joint 2nd - 2

Sam Cross - Joint 2nd - 2

Joe Hawkins - Joint 2nd - 2

 

  • Offloads 

Owen Watkin - Joint 3rd - 2 

 

  • Turnovers Won

Owen Watkin - Joint 3rd - 2

Sam Cross - Joint 3rd - 2 

George North - Joint 3rd - 2 

Rhys Webb -   Joint 4th - 1

Joe Hawkins - Joint 4th - 1

Nicky Smith - Joint 4th - 1 

 

 

Overall in the PRO14

  • Tackles Made

Dan Lydiate - 2nd - 133

Adam Beard - 6th - 105

 

  • Defenders Beaten

Mat Protheroe - Joint 4th - 17

Luke Morgan - Joint 8th - 14

 

  • Clean Breaks

Mat Protheroe - Joint 4th - 9

George North - Joint 4th - 9 

Luke Morgan - Joint 6th - 7

 

  • Metres made

Luke Morgan - 2nd - 405m

Mat Protheroe - 13th - 306m

 

  • Turnovers

​​​​​​​George North - Joint 4th - 7