The Ospreys Premiership Select team to play London Scottish at the Athletic Ground, Richmond, in the British and Irish Cup, on Saturday 16th January at 3pm, is as follows:
15. Joe Gage
14. Richard Fussell (C)
13. Tom Williams
12. Joe Thomas
11. Keelan Giles
10. Luke Price
9. Matthew Aubrey
1. Gareth Thomas
2. Scott Otten
3. Ryan Thomas
4. Adam Beard
5. Rynier Bernardo
6. Josh Cole
7. Lloyd Evans
8. Ifereimi Boladau
Replacements:
16. Cai Lewis
17. Joe Tomalin Reeves
18. Marc Thomas
19. Matthew Dwyer
20. Rhys Jones
21. Reuben Morgan Williams
22. Kieran Williams
Ospreys Premiership Select Head Coach, Dan Griffiths, said:
"While we haven't had the results we would have wanted in our first experience of the British and Irish Cup, it has been immensely successful in terms of exposing young players to senior rugby and competition. We have been a very young side, the average age of our backs in some of the games was just 19 years old and to give these boys game time against professional players has been invaluable in the learning process.
"The home fixture against London Scottish was a tight affair, we scored two good tries and put some decent phases of rugby together. We'll be looking to learn from this experience, improve areas of our game and capitalise on the opportunities we create. Hopefully we can put in an 80 minute performance.
Forthcoming British and Irish Cup Fixtures:
Sat 16 Jan - 3pm KO - Athletic Ground - London Scottish v Ospreys Premiership Select
Sat 23 Jan - 2pm KO - The Gnoll - Ospreys Premiership Select v Yorkshire Carnegie