Look ahead to this weekend’s European Rugby Challenge Cup opener, against Pau at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon (3.00pm KO).
POOL 2: Ospreys v Pau, Liberty Stadium
Referee: Tom Foley (Eng)
Assistant Ref: Karl Dickson (Eng), Assistant Ref: Roy Maybank (Eng)
Citing Commissioner: John Cole (Ire)
MATCH FACTS
- Ospreys and Pau have never met before and this will be the Ospreys’ second campaign in the Challenge Cup in three seasons
- In 2016/17 Ospreys won six of six pool stage games, scoring 279 points and conceding just 51
- Pau were one of just three sides to record a success rate of 90% or better at both scrum (92%) and lineout (90%) in the Challenge Cup (also Toulouse and Lyon)
- Ospreys (90%) boasted the best goal kicking success rate in the Champions Cup last season, slotting 26 of their 29 place kicks
- Dan Evans was the joint top try scorer in last season’s Champions Cup (6, level with Nemani Nadolo), crossing for a brace of tries in each of the Ospreys three opening games.
You can purchase tickets for this game now at www.ospreysrugby.com/buytickets
