Edinburgh Face Big Test in Bid to Halt High-Flying Ospreys Side

The ScotsmanMarch 07, 2010

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WHAT is a few million pounds between teams? The answer will be laid bare tomorrow in a second Magners League contest in Scotland in a fortnight when the relatively cash-rich Ospreys pitch up without their Wales internationals to play an Edinburgh side shorn of theirs by the RBS Six Nations Championship demands.

The Welshmen, who have taken over top spot in the Magners League from Glasgow after Sean Lineen's men fell to Cardiff's superior strength in depth, are favourites after naming a side yesterday featuring a back row of former All Blacks in Jerry Collins, Marty Holah and Filo Tiatia, a second row of Wales caps, a half-back pairing released by the Welsh management that many reckon could take Wales into the next World Cup and a sprinkling of caps across the threequarters that includes Scotland wing Nikki Walker.

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Edinburgh Face Big Test in Bid to Halt High-Flying Ospreys Side

Yet, missing on Test duty are Shane Williams, Tommy Bowe, Lee Byrne, James Hook, Ryan Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Huw Benn...

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