The Ospreys team to face ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Liberty Stadium -- Saturday 14th Jan - kick off at 5.00pm, will be as follows: -
15 Adrian Cashmore
14 Stefan Terblanche
13 Sonny Parker
12 Leigh Davies
11 Richard Mustoe
10 Shaun Connor
9 Jason Spice
1 Duncan Jones (Captain)
2 Huw Bennett
3 Andrew Millward
4 Andrew Newman
5 Lyndon Bateman
6 Jonathan Thomas
7 Richard Pugh
8 James Bater
16 Adam Jones -- Front Row
17 Richard Hibbard -- Front Row
18 Lee Beach
19 Steve Tandy
20 Richard Rees
21 Matthew Jones
22 Andrew Bishop
Comment from Head Coach, Lyn Jones:
"It is disappointing that we are playing our penultimate game of the Heineken Cup and we are already out of the tournament. However, the players have responded magnificently over the last few weeks in the training environment. We now have to start building a positive winning mentality to take us through to the end of the season and that starts this Saturday. We have picked our strongest available side and we will be going all out for the win"
"They taught us a few lessons in our game earlier this season. It was a physical competitive encounter where no quarter was asked or given and I am sure that will be the case on Saturday. The players themselves are disappointed with our recent performances and are determined to put things right, starting this weekend against Clermont
Injury and squad availability news
We currently have nine players unavailable: -
Gavin Henson and Ian Evans are serving their suspension following the match against Leicester
Barry Williams (neck) and Shane Williams (back strain) are expected to be available for next week's fixture against Stade Francais
Paul James has a neck injury which is under continual assessment
Andy Lloyd (knee ligament) is expected to return against Glasgow in January 2006
Brent Cockbain (hamstring), Ryan Jones (shoulder reconstruction) and David Bishop (fractured kneecap) are unlikely to play this season
January 2006 Fixtures
Heineken Cup -- Ospreys v ASM Clermont Auvergne -- Liberty Stadium -- Saturday 14th Jan - kick off at 5.00pm
Heineken Cup -- Stade Francais v Ospreys -- Stade Jean-Bouin -- Friday 20th Jan - kick off at 8.30pm
Celtic League -- Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys -- Firhill -- Friday 27th January - kick off at 7.30pm