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Shane Williams hoping home advantage will give Welsh side the edge 

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Ospreys are 10/11 at Victor Chandler to beat London Irish by more than seven points tonight and star winger Shane Williams is hoping the Welsh side’s impressive home record can help them come through this big Heineken Cup test.

Wales’ record international try-scorer knows his team cannot afford another defeat after a late Paul Sackey score edged a tense 19-14 Pool Three verdict for Toulon last weekend.

With twice European champions Munster also in the group, Williams and company must get it right when the Aviva Premiership leaders arrive at Liberty Stadium.

“It doesn’t get much bigger really, does it?” he said. “We’ve got the in-form team in England at the Liberty Stadium in a must-win Heineken Cup game. That is the ultimate test.

“They will be full of confidence after a big win over Munster and they will want to cement their place at the top of the group, so we know that it is going to be a tough evening.

“We are starting from behind given that we only picked up a point in Toulon, but there is a long way to go in this group and a lot of rugby still to be played.

“We don’t lose many games at home, and we want to keep it that way. If we want to progress in the competition then we have to win, it’s that simple. We need to hit our standard, play as a team and we should get our reward.”
Irish, fresh from beating Munster five days ago, are without full-back Delon Armitage, who is rested due to England elite player squad requirements, so Topsy Ojo wears the number 15 shirt and 19-year-old Jonathan Joseph starts on the wing.

There is also an opportunity for New Zealander Dan Bowden, who features in midfield alongside Seilala Mapusua, while Chris Hala’Ufia replaces Declan Danaher at openside flanker.

In the straight match betting, the Exiles are 9/4 underdogs to pull off a surprise away win, with the Ospreys as short as 3/10 and a draw 20/1.
 


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