Smith tells Ospreys to eradicate the errors

Connacht will be looking to minimise their mistakes.

“We need to be on the money and not allow Connacht easy ins into the game. It’s going to be another tough battle, but we are excited about it.”

Ospreys are as they were, with the only change coming on the bench with Wales U20s centre Joe Gage included.

Eagles head coach Mossy Lawler, who has made seven changes to his side, said: “We were extremely disappointed with the way we let last weekend’s game slip away at the end. We had enough of the ball but we just made far too many errors.” THE Ospreys Premiership Select clinched a last-gasp win over Connacht Eagles last weekend but coach Tom Smith knows his troops will have to tighten things up if they want to do the double over their Irish counterparts.

The Welsh side saw Jay Baker’s late score secure a 20-17 win on the last play to the delight of Smith, but he knows they’ll have to cut down the mistakes at the Talbot Athletic Ground today.

“It was great to get the result last weekend out in Galway, even if there were aspects of our performance that we need to improve on,” he said.

“However, getting over the line with our first win as a B&I squad should hopefully give us some confidence. The players have worked hard in training this week and we are looking to put a better performance together and back up last weekend with another win.

“Both teams showed great endeavour to play rugby last weekend, and I’m sure similarly to us,