This Sunday sees Ospreys U18s girls take on the Dragons at Ystrad Mynach (1:45pm KO).
Following on from this week's news that nine players from the senior Ospreys Women have been selected in Rowland Philips' Six Nations squad, the U18s girls kick-off their campaign with a fixture against Newport Gwent Dragons.
Ospreys U18s girls team
1. Ruth Lewis
2. Jodie Bates
3. Caitlin Jones
4. Sara Jones
5. Caitlyn Smith
6. Mel Gnojek
7. Caitlin Davies
8. Gwen Crabb (C)
9. Niamh Terry
10. Kayleigh Powell
11. Ashley James
12. Lauren Smyth
13. Ffion Jones
14. Sophie Davies
15. Hannah Mai Jones
REPLACELEMENTS
16. Rachel Mason
17. Shanaye Grant
18. Ffion Griffiths
19. Jade Thomas
20. Georgia Rossi
21. Megan Whittaker
22. Charlotte Graham-Wollard
23. Britney Morgan
Travelling Reserves: Cery Jones and Carys Worth
Head coach Josh Humphries said: "The girls have trained hard in preperation for the competition and have really gelled as a group."
WRU Rugby coordinator, Joe Davies, added:
"Women's rugby has grown massively within the region and our under 18 girls are proactive in growing the game. Whether it's on the field playing or off the field coaching in cluster centres. The coaching group have worked really hard to put the team together going into the regional round one."
