Owen surgery blow

[TRF_Cymro]

Gareth Owen could miss the entire 2011/12 campaign after suffering what has been described as a "substantial injury" in training.

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5565.php​

Bit of a blow this.

 

[psychic duck]

Bit of a blow this.

not for the Ospreys!he's rubbish, he needs to make way for younger players to have their chance such as Ashley Beck and Hanno Dirksen

in fact I can see him shifted out to the Dragons at the end of this season

 

[TRF_Cymro]

He will be needed for World Cup cover and did well for the Wales 7s at the end of the season, hence its a blow.

 

[psychic duck]

He will be needed for World Cup cover and did well for the Wales 7s at the end of the season, hence its a blow.

he will not be needed ... even for World Cup cover

Fussell will be there at full back, Ashley Beck should be inside centre, Biggar fly half, hopefully Dirksen should get a chance at wing and then probably Prydie/Phillips on the other wing

no need for him, even during RWC best he could hope for is bench

I think going to the Dragons would suit him anyway, he comes into the team every few months in the LV Cup or against Connacht and plays a different position each time

at the Dragons he could concentrate on full back where Martyn Thomas is quite injury prone and he could get much more regular game time

I fear that unfortunately if Tovey had started at the Ospreys he might well be in the same position as Owen is now

 

[DuncTheDoodle]

I agree he'd probably be warming the bench even during the RWC, but he's a decent fill-in player and as such it's somewhat of a blow, but not too big to handle. He was quite good for the 7s side as well, but I still don't think he's a vital cog in the Ospreys machine any more, where as he might have been this time last year.