Steve Tandy has named his 38 man squad for the new European Rugby Champions Cup, which kicks off in just three weeks time.
The Ospreys begin their Pool 5 campaign at the Liberty Stadium against PRO12 rivals Benetton Treviso on Sunday 19th October, a lunchtime 1.00pm kick-off, before heading east to Northampton to face the Saints at Franklin’s Gardens at 5.15pm on Saturday 25th October.
The double-header in December sees the Ospreys face Racing Metro with the home game at the Liberty first up on the weekend of of 5/6/7 December and the region travelling to Paris a week later.
Post Christmas, the Ospreys welcome the Saints to Wales on the weekend of 16/17/18 January, rounding Pool 5 off a week later in northern Italy.
The dates, venues and kick-off times for Rounds 3 and 4 are due to be announced imminently, with further details of the Rounds 5 and 6 fixtures confirmed in December after the completion of Round 4.
The Ospreys squad registered for the competition is:
1. Morgan Allen
2. Tyler Ardron
3. Dmitri Arhip
4. Dan Baker
5. Scott Baldwin
6. Joe Bearman
7. Ashley Beck
8. Rynier Bernardo
9. Ryan Bevington
10. Dan Biggar
11. Andrew Bishop
12. Sam Davies
13. Hanno Dirksen
14. Daniel Evans
15. Richard Fussell
16. Thomas Grabham
17. Thomas Habberfield
18. Jeff Hassler
19. Aaron Jarvis
20. Alun Wyn Jones
21. Duncan Jones
22. James King
23. Sam Lewis
24. Josh Matavesi
25. Aisea Natoga
26. Scott Otten
27. Sam Parry
28. Lloyd Peers
29. Martin Roberts
30. Nicky Smith
31. Jonathan Spratt
32. De Kock Steenkamp
33. Dan Suter
34. Marc Thomas
35. Nicky Thomas
36. Justin Tipuric
37. Eli Walker
38. Rhys Webb
Teams may register up to two additional players during the pool stages, each to replace a player previously registered, and if two additional players are selected one such player must be front row cover.
Tickets for the opening two rounds, against Treviso at the Liberty and away to Northampton, are on sale now at the Ticket Office, via the Ticket Hotline on 0844 815 6665 and online at www.ospreysrugby.com/buytickets