{"id":359380,"date":"2011-04-01T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/roberts-believes-in-blues-cause\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:41:38","slug":"roberts-believes-in-blues-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/roberts-believes-in-blues-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts believes in Blues&#8217; cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"120.68817204301\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> Liberty Stadium, Swansea<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> 2 April <\/li>\n<li><em>Kick-off:<\/em> 1830 BST<\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> Live on S4C and updates online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/27ffdc58210_466x300.jpg.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"260\" alt=\"Jamie Roberts, James Hook, Martyn Williams and Mike Phillips tussle in December 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Jamie Roberts, James Hook, Martyn Williams and Mike Phillips tussle during the Blues and Ospreys&#8217; clash in December 2010<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Roberts says Cardiff Blues go to Liberty Stadium to face the Ospreys in their crunch Magners League clash stung by the 26-0 defeat there last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Wales centre believes the Blues can win, but believes defeat would not be the end of their title hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Ospreys and Blues are among six realistic play-off challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts said: &#8220;We&#8217;ll be going into this game knowing we can turn them over and hurting as well from the thumping we took down there last season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British and Irish Lions also expects the encounter to reach Test-level intensity, citing their New Year&#8217;s Eve meeting at Cardiff City Stadium as an example.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues led 17-3 at the break in that encounter only for the Ospreys to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it would be the end of our play-off hopes if we lost. <\/p>\n<div readability=\"25.28025477707\">\n           <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/12940022.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>It&#8217;s a great chance for both of us if we hold good form towards the end of the season to get into the play-offs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t<span>Jamie Roberts<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;In our run-in we&#8217;ve got Trevsio, Connacht, Newport Gwent Dragons and Scarlets &#8211; games we must target to win, albeit with three of them on the road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our away form has been good in previous seasons, but\u2026 it doesn&#8217;t come any bigger than playing the Ospreys away from home with a lot of international players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certainly the match when we played them New Year&#8217;s Eve down here in Cardiff was more or less of international intensity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a pretty brutal game and we pulled through well that day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a huge game both for us and the Ospreys. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Attention is solely focused now on the Magners League now we&#8217;re both out of Europe it&#8217;s a great chance for both of us if we hold good form towards the end of the season to get into the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And what makes it more of a mouth-watering match is that we both lost last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got pipped at home by Munster and the Ospreys lost in Edinburgh so it&#8217;s a huge game for both teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ospreys: <\/strong>Richard Fussell; Tommy Bowe, Sonny Parker, James Hook, Nikki Walker; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Paul James, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Ian Evans, Ryan Jones, Justin Tipuric, Jerry Collins.<strong>Replacements: <\/strong>Richard Hibbard, Ryan Bevington, Cai Griffiths, Ian Gough, Jonathan Thomas, Mike Phillips, Andrew Bishop, Lee Byrne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blues: <\/strong>Chris Czekaj; Leigh Halfpenny, Casey Laulala, Jamie Roberts, Tom James; Dan Parks Richie Rees; Fau Fiise, Gareth Williams, Scott Andrews, Bradley Davies, Paul Tito (capt), Andries Pretorius, Martyn Williams, Xavier Rush.<strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Rhys Williams, Sam Hobbs, Nathan Trevett, Michael Paterson, Ma&#8217;ama Molitika, Lloyd Williams, Ceri Sweeney, Dafydd Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee: <\/strong>Christophe Berdos (France)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/27ffdc58210_466x300.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12940022.stm\" title=\"Roberts believes in Blues' cause\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberts believes in Blues&#8217; 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