The Ospreys team to face the Scarlets in the Magners League, at the Liberty Stadium, on Tuesday 26th December .........
The Ospreys team to face the Scarlets in the Magners League, at the Liberty Stadium, on Tuesday 26th December "â¬" kick off at 4.10pm, will be as follows: -
15 Lee Byrne 14 Nikki Walker 13 Andrew Bishop
12 James Hook 11 Shane Williams 10 Gavin Henson
9 Justin Marshall
8 Ryan Jones 7 Steve Tandy 6 Filo Tiatia
5 Ian Evans 4 Alun Wyn Jones 3 Adam Jones
2 Barry Williams 1 Duncan Jones (Capt)
Replacements:
16 Ed Shervington 17 Cai Griffiths 18 Andy Lloyd
19 Richard Pugh 20 Jason Spice 21 Tal Selley
22 Stefan Terblanche
There are late fitness tests on Ian Evans (shoulder) and Shane Williams (ribs)
The match is a sell out and we will have a capacity 20,520 attendance for this fixture
Comment from Head Coach, Lyn Jones:
"â¬ÅI was pleased with the performance against the Blues although I feel we were little unfortunate in not getting the result. We gave away too many points early on, but could still have won the match. We must now put the disappointment behind us and look ahead to Boxing Day. The Scarlets at home is the biggest game of the season for us and we are looking forward to welcoming our friends to a packed Liberty Stadium."â¬Â
Injury and squad availability news
We have eight players not available for selection due to injury:
Huw Bennett (ankle) and Sonny Parker (groin strain) hope to be available against the Dragons next weekend
Jonathan Thomas strained his AC joint in the match against Calvisano and will be out for four to six weeks
Five players will not be available until 2007 "â¬" Richard Hibbard (shoulder), Matthew Jones (knee), Tim Evans (knee) and Craig Mitchell (knee) are targeting February returns, whilst David Bishop (knee) is hoping to soon be off his crutches
December Fixtures
Ospreys v Scarlets (Magners League) "â¬" Liberty Stadium "â¬" Tuesday 26th December "â¬" kick off at 4.10pm
Ospreys v Dragons (Magners League) "â¬" Liberty Stadium "â¬" Sunday 31st December "â¬" kick off at 2.10pm