At a time when Sharks owner Marco Masotti has proposed a lie detector test, the Ospreys have hit back at 'cheating' accusations.
At a time when Sharks owner Marco Masotti has proposed a lie detector test, the Ospreys have hit back at ‘cheating’ accusations. In another strange twist from the Sharks and Ospreys game this past weekend, there has been further backlash to accusations and questions that arose after the match finished with uncontested scrums.
After the introduction of Springbok props Ox Nche and Vincent Koch off the bench, which seemed to be giving the Sharks ascendancy at scrum time, there was a shift in momentum when replacement Ospreys loosehead Garyn Phillips went off injured. That meant the home side played with 14 men and uncontested scrums.
With Ospreys having no prop cover on the bench, and with their starting props having gone off injured, there was little option but to end up with the unfortunate scenario of uncontested scrums. , while owner Marco Masotti has now made a rather strange accusation on social media, although it’s difficult to know if it was somewhat tongue in cheek.
“I walked into the Bridgend stadium last Saturday and felt the spirit of rugby with so many Welsh legends plastered on the walls — only to leave with the spirit of Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ following the uncontested scrums,” Masotti wrote. “The integrity of our URC league demands better. Is anyone involved willing to submit to a lie detector test? I am sure our fans will offer a reward to anyone who comes forward with information.
”While Masotti may have been a bit sarcastic, Ospreys coach Mark Jones has firmly rejected accusations that they “cheated” by forcing the all-important “There has been a lot of talk, and I haven’t read through it all, but there’s a suggestion that Garyn Phillips wasn’t injured,” Jones commented.
“It would be quite easy for me to produce his scans if you’d like, and if anybody would like to see them. We are more than happy to share that, but it’s not my scan; it’s Garyn’s and that’s his private information, but Garyn won’t be featuring for us this week.
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