Ospreys will embrace underdogs tag against Munster - Morgan

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United Rugby Championship play-off quarter-final: Munster v Ospreys

Venue: Thomond Park, Limerick Date: Friday, 7 June Kick-off: 19:35 BST

Coverage: Live connected S4C via iPlayer. Live commentary connected BBC Radio Wales. Follow unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website and app. Match study connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

Wales flanker Jac Morgan says Ospreys will clasp nan underdog tags erstwhile they look defending champions Munster successful nan United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs connected Friday night.

Ospreys snuck into eighth spot while Munster topped nan array aft winning nan URC title past season.

"Sometimes it's easier to beryllium nan underdogs, there's a spot little unit and nary 1 expects you to get a result," said Morgan.

"It'll beryllium awesome for america to spell up against Munster, we want to play against nan champion and they are playing immoderate awesome rugby astatine nan moment

"This is what nan play-offs are, they springiness america nan opportunity to beryllium capable to spell up against nan likes of Munster and compete.

"We cognize nan ambiance astatine Thomond Park will beryllium great, that conscionable adds to nan excitement."

Ospreys became nan first Welsh broadside to scope nan convention play-offs successful six years.

"It's very important for Welsh rugby and it's awesome to beryllium there," said Morgan.

"We're chuffed, it's thing we said astir astatine nan commencement of nan season.

"It was a target of ours to get there, truthful to execute our extremity is great, but now it's each eyes connected Friday night."

Morgan suffered a knee wounded successful December and missed nan Six Nations earlier returning for Ospreys' convention run-in.

The 24-year-old was 1 of nan World Cup co-captains pinch Dewi Lake who was besides absent for nan Six Nations, pinch fastener Dafydd Jenkins starring nan broadside successful nan winless campaign.

Morgan and Lake person this week been included successful nan Wales squad for summertime matches against South Africa and Australia, pinch caput coach Warren Gatland stating he will prime a circuit skipper astatine a later date.

"I enjoyed nan World Cup, it was a monolithic honour to beryllium capable to put connected nan jersey and skipper Wales," said Morgan.

"It's thing a batch of players want to beryllium but location are a batch of leaders successful nan team, truthful we'll spot astir that person to nan time.

"It feels awesome to beryllium back, it's ever an honour to beryllium picked to play for Wales.

"I'm looking guardant to it, but location is first nan situation of nan crippled connected Friday and hopefully we tin get a consequence there."

Watch nan afloat Jac Morgan question and reply connected S4C's sum of Munster v Ospreys connected Friday, 7 April from 19:20 BST. The lucifer is unrecorded connected S4C from 19:35 BST.

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