James Ratti

Ospreys announce team to face Hollywoodbets Sharks

The Ospreys have named their squad to face the Hollywoodbets Sharks in the BKT URC. The fixture will take place at Hollwoodbets Kings Park Stadium and is kicking off on Friday 9th May at 6pm UK time.

Jac Morgan captains the side in his 50th appearance for the club.

Gareth Thomas starts for the Ospreys at loosehead, with Dewi Lake lining up at hooker and Tom Botha completing the front three.

Will Spencer and Adam Beard start in the second row. James Ratti lines up at six, Jac Morgan takes up the other flank and Morgan Morse starts at eight.

Kieran Hardy starts at scrum half with Dan Edwards at 10. Keiran Williams partners Evardi Boshoff in the centre.

In the back three, Jack Walsh starts at full back, with Keelan Giles on one wing and Dan Kasende on the other.

The game will be live on BBC Two Wales and Premier Sport. 

Starting XV:

  1. Gareth Thomas
  2. Dewi Lake
  3. Tom Botha
  4. Will Spencer
  5. Adam Beard
  6. James Ratti
  7. Jac Morgan © (50)
  8. Morgan Morse

 

  1. Kieran Hardy
  2. Dan Edwards
  3. Keelan Giles
  4. Keiran Williams
  5. Evardi Boshoff
  6. Daniel Kasende
  7. Jack Walsh

 

Replacements:

  1. Sam Parry
  2. Steffan Thomas
  3. Ben Warren
  4. Will Griffiths
  5. Harri Deaves
  6. Reuben Morgan-Williams
  7. Owen Williams
  8. Iestyn Hopkins

Head Coach, Mark Jones, said: “We know the Sharks are a high-quality outfit with a lot of household names, but they’ve also got some great depth with their young talent coming through as well.

“We’ve prepared as well as we can for them, but we’ve put a lot of focus on ourselves for these last two games. The key for us to be the best version of ourselves on the night, when we’ve done that this year, we’ve been a tough side to play against.”