Summary

  • Edinburgh up to fourth in the United Rugby Championship

  • Ospreys stay seventh in the table

  1. Penalty Edinburgh 10-3 Ospreyspublished at 22 mins

    Ben Healy

    Ben Healy makes no mistake as his kick sails through the uprights.

  2. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Edinburgh 7-3 Ospreys

    Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt will be happy with this Edinburgh defence as they turn the ball over again and Ben Healy finds touch in the Welsh half.

    Another penalty for the hosts sees Ben Healy call for the tee.

  3. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Edinburgh 7-3 Ospreys

    Ospreys are looking for a score of their own off the back of this restart as they set up camp in the Edinburgh half.

  4. converted try

    Converted try EDINBURGH 7-3 Ospreyspublished at 16 mins

    Hamish Watson

    I take it back! Viliame Mata found a gap and burst through, lovely offload from Matt Currie to Hamish Watson who goes sailing over.

    Ben Healy adds the extras from the tee.

  5. Postpublished at 15 mins

    Edinburgh 0-3 Ospreys

    Ospreys' blitz defence really putting the pressure on this Edinburgh attack.

  6. Postpublished at 12 mins

    Edinburgh 0-3 Ospreys

    Ospreys look really promising here with some lovely passing but a loose pass brings an end to that attack and a sigh of relief to Edinburgh fans.

  7. Penalty Edinburgh 0-3 Ospreyspublished at 11 mins

    Dan Edwards

    Dan Edwards kick is good and the opening points go to the Welsh.

  8. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Edinburgh 0-0 Ospreys

    The wet conditions are making the ball like a bar of soap as Ospreys have the put in at the scrum on Edinburgh's 22. Jeandre Rudolph wins the penalty for the visitors and Dan Edwards calls for the tee.

  9. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Edinburgh 0-0 Ospreys

    Ospreys get the turn over and find themselves knocking on the door of the Edinburgh defence just inside the Edinburgh 22.

  10. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Edinburgh 0-0 Ospreys

    After a slow start, it is Edinburgh on the front foot deep inside the Ospreys' 22.

  11. Kick-offpublished at 0 mins

    Edinburgh 0-0 Ospreys

    Ben Healy gets the teams under way in Edinburgh

  12. Last time these sides faced each other...published at 19:32 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    The last time Ospreys travelled to Hive Stadium, they lost 45-21, which is something Toby Booth will be looking to prevent from happening again and use their momentum from the two-point win against Ulster to get some valuable points here.

    Four wins in a row for the Welsh side, can they make it five?

  13. Four changes for Ospreys clashpublished at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    Head coach Sean Everitt has made four changes to the Edinburgh XV.

    Everitt will be hoping the changes produce an improved performance from their narrow victory away to Zebre Parma last time out.

    Mark Bennett comes into the starting XV in place of James Lang and will make his 100th appearance for the capital side.

    Ben Vellacott captains the side from scrum-half ahead of Ali Price, who starts on the bench, while Ben Healy is tasked with pulling the strings from fly-half.

    Sam Skinner returns from Scotland duty to start in the second row ahead of Marshall Sykes and Tom Dodd also comes into the side, preferred to Glen Young.

    Everitt has named an unchanged back three, which has Emiliano Boffelli continuing at full-back, with Chris Dean and Harry Paterson on the wings.

  14. Cuthbert starts for first time in a yearpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    Wales wing Alex Cuthbert will make his first start for a year.

    On-loan Cheetahs number eight Jeandre Rudolph makes his Ospreys debut, while fellow South African Evardi Boshoff is named in the centre.

    Ospreys scrum-half Luke Davies replaces Reuben Morgan-Williams, while Rudolph comes in for Wales Under-20s number eight Morgan Morse in the only change in the forwards from the side that defeated Ulster.

    Lock Rhys Davies, number eight Morgan Morris and fly-half Owen Williams return from injury and are named on the Ospreys' bench.

    Alex CuthbertImage source, SNS
  15. Late change for the hostspublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    There is a last-minute change to the Edinburgh squad as James Lang is out injured and will be replaced on the bench with Cameron Scott.

  16. 100 not out for Bennettpublished at 19:21 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    Edinburgh centre Mark Bennett makes his 100th club appearance this evening and head coach Sean Everitt believes it is great for fellow midfielder Matt Currie to learn from someone of his experience.

    “Matt and [Mark] played really well together - unfortunately Benzo got injured against Gloucester and struggled with that. But he is back now. He had played really well up until then.

    “Matt has been our stalwart in midfield although he’s young. He’s kept his position every time he’s been available for selection. It’s great that Matt can play next to a guy like Mark Bennett, who is playing his 100th game.

    "Matt is a keen learner, and players get better when they’re playing against senior people, and obviously they learn a lot from the players that they’re playing with."

    Bennett also singled team-mate Matt Currie out for praise, adding: "Matt's a quality operator. He's a big man. He does the physical stuff really well and he's a really hard worker. His engine is impressive.

    "In the last six months you've just seen him grow in confidence and he's just going to keep getting better and better, and it has really been a fight for my spot."

    Mark BennettImage source, SNS
  17. Team news from Hive Stadiumpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    Edinburgh: Boffelli, Paterson, Bennett, Currie, Dean, Healy, Vellacott (C); Venter, Cherry, Nel, Skinner, Young, Dodd, Watson, Mata

    Replacements: Harrison, de Bruin, Sebastian, Sykes, Muncaster, Price, Lang, Goosen.

    Ospreys: Walsh; Cuthbert, Boshoff, Williams, Giles; Edwards, Davies; Smith, Parry, Botha, Ratti, Sekekete, Deaves, Tipuric (C), Rudolph.

    Replacements: Lloyd, Henry, Warren, Davies, Morris, Jones, Williams, Protheroe.

  18. Evening all!published at 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March

    Edinburgh v Ospreys (19:35)

    Hello and welcome to our coverage of the United Rugby Championship round 11 clash between fifth-top Edinburgh and seventh-placed Ospreys!

    Edinburgh have been on quite the roll in recent games and will be looking to continue this this weekend.

    With kick off 20 minutes away, let's have a look at the teams.