The Ospreys team to face Glasgow Warriors, in the Celtic League "â¬" Liberty Stadium "â¬" Saturday 8th April "â¬" kick off at 5.30pm, will be as follows: -
The Ospreys team to face Glasgow Warriors, in the Celtic League – Liberty Stadium – Saturday 8th April – kick off at 5.30pm, will be as follows: -
15 Stefan Terblanche
14 Richard Mustoe
13 Sonny Parker
12 Gavin Henson
11 Shane Williams
10 Shaun Connor
9 Jason Spice
1 Duncan Jones (Captain)
2 Huw Bennett
3 Adam Jones
4 Alun-Wyn Jones
5 Ian Evans
6 Jonathan Thomas
7 Steve Tandy
8 James Bater
Replacements:
16 Richard Hibbard – Front Row
17 Andrew Millward – Front Row
18 Lyndon Bateman
19 Des Dillon
20 Martin Roberts
21 James Hook
22 Andrew Bishop
Comment from Head Coach, Lyn Jones:
"I was reasonably satisfied with the effort shown by the players in last weeks defeat at StradeyPark. The progress we are showing is gradual, but it was an improvement on our previous outings away from home this year against other Welsh regions and that is pleasing”
“However, as we have said all year it is vital to win your home games, and Glasgow Warriors present us with a different challenge. They will have confidence with several of their starting fifteen having represented Scotland in their successful Six Nations campaign. Players such as Dan Parks, John Petrie and Andrew Henderson were all prominent in Scotland’s success, and I am sure they will be looking to bring that form into the regional fixtures”
“Glasgow play a fast open game, offloading well in the tackle, and they have always been a difficult side to beat. It should be an entertaining spectacle for the supporter and with us having played a lot of our rugby this season on a Sunday it is great to have a fixture in a more traditional Saturday spot”
Injury and squad availability news
We currently have nine players unavailable: -
Leigh Davies has a knee injury and will be out for about a week
Andy Lloyd (head), Adrian Cashmore (back) and Richard Pugh (back) have injuries which are under ongoing assessment
Barry Williams and Paul James have had vertebrae disk surgery. They remain on track to return next month
Lee Beach has a broken bone in his foot and will not play again this season
Brent Cockbain (hamstring), David Bishop (knee) and Ryan Jones (shoulder) have begun rehabilitation but will not play again this season
April Fixtures
Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors – Liberty Stadium – Saturday 8th April – kick off at 5.30pm
Ospreys v Scarlets – Liberty Stadium – Tuesday 18th April – kick off at 7.10pm
14/15/ 16 April – Free Weekend (2)
Leinster v Ospreys – Donnybrook – 28/ 29/ 30 April – Exact date still to be confirmed