Jones: A captains role for Ospreys

Bath play the rugby I want to see, it is the rugby I want Martin Johnson to implement in his England side.

Dewi Morris
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Defending champions Munster take on Heineken Cup debutants Montauban at a new look Thomond Park and Dewi Morris believes the champions are well set for back-to-back titles.

"There is a tremendous feeling over in Munster that they could do it again," Morris told Sky Sports News.

"They are almost an international side and are a special group of players. Munster have won it twice but they want to go on and win it three or four times.

"They want to finish their careers in a Munster shirt putting a legacy down that I don't think will ever be beaten. If they can do that by winning another two or maybe even three, then that is some achievement.

"Traditionally Munster would roll the ball and maul it, but with the new laws coming in they cannot do it. They have adapted to that and in fact have adapted to most game plans as we saw in last years final where they basically kept the ball for 68 minutes. They know how to win ugly."

English hopes on Bath

One of the games of the weekend has to be Sunday's clash between Toulouse and Bath, live on Sky Sports 1 from 3pm.

"I think that Bath could challenge, although it is a difficult group," explained Morris.

"They have a difficult game against Toulouse on Sunday and it is a game I am looking forward to watching sitting on my sofa with a glass of wine.

"In the Guinness Premiership Bath beat Wasps and in the first twenty minutes they annihilated them. Wasps could not get the ball or slow the ball up.

"Bath play the rugby I want to see, it is the rugby I want Martin Johnson to implement in his England side. Bath play rugby that is almost French like - that for me is the future and if they can keep that up for the full eighty minutes, then no one is going to touch them.

"I think Bath now know how to win games, they know how to win ugly too where they will almost stop playing and go to the kicking game for five minutes or so and mix and match the game.

"That game against Toulouse will be mouth-watering because we all know how Toulouse play. They say if you score four tries, we will score five. That is their attitude, but Bath at the moment are red hot."

Ospreys feel the pressure

Before Bath take on Toulouse, there is another mouth-watering clash where Ospreys take on Leicester, 1pm on Sky Sports 1.

And Morris believes Ospreys have to deliver after they failed to deliver last season.

"Ospreys have to go further than they did last year. Heads will roll if they don't.

"It is the same old scenario in that they have got a lot of investment down there, a lot of top players. They have got a great talent and they have to deliver.

"They messed up last year and it is just not acceptable with the talent they have and with what people expect from them.

"Ryan Jones is a tremendous captain and he has to put in a captain's role on the pitch for Ospreys.

"Stade Francais will be up there with Toulouse as favourites because they do take this compettion very seriously but I am going to go for Munster.

"I have just smelt it, they have this incredible spirit and I just think they are going to do it again."