Rugby today

Gloucester head coach George Skivington says they are concerned about the injury Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit picked up in the Cherry and Whites' Christmas Eve ...

“For us, we know the challenge and what the Ospreys are going to bring. “They don’t come second-best in the scrum against many teams and their driving maul is always a weapon. We certainly don’t underestimate how good this pack of forwards are, and then you’ve got Rhys Webb darting either side of it as well, causing problems. We need to stand up to that. I’m sure they won’t be far off full strength, so we know what’s coming our way.” When they’ve got that, they’re as good as any pack in Europe. “I’d say that is the one causing most concern. The Sharks continued to plug away, and after 25 minutes Du Preez notched another three-pointer from 25 metres after a set-piece. Ospreys have pretty much got the Welsh pack in there, when you look at them. We know that’s the challenge for us, and we know that’s what’s coming. To be fair to them, they were a step up for us last season and we struggled to handle the challenge up front - and they were worthy of doing a double over us last season. The Blue and Blacks head into the clash on the back of a last-gasp win over the Dragons last weekend, and now back on home turf, Young hopes to give supporters something to really cheer about.