The Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday 26th November 2017, KO 1.00pm, is as follows:
15 Dan Evans
14 Hanno Dirksen
13 Joe Thomas
12 Ashley Beck
11 Jeff Hassler
10 Sam Davies
9 Tom Habberfield
1 Paul James (Capt)
2 Sam Parry
3 Dmitri Arhip
4 Lloyd Ashley
5 Bradley Davies
6 Olly Cracknell
7 Guy Mercer
8 James King
REPLACEMENTS
16 Scott Baldwin
17 Gareth Thomas
18 Ma’afu Fia
19 Rob McCusker
20 Will Jones
21 Reuben Morgan-Williams
22 James Hook
23 Dafydd Howells
Joe Thomas makes his Guinness PRO14 debut
Will Jones will make his Guinness PRO14 debut if he comes off the bench
The following players were unavailable for selection due to international duty:
Nicky Smith, Adam Beard, Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Cross, Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar, Owen Watkin (Wales) and Kieron Fonotia (Samoa)
The following players were unavailable for selection due to injury:
Cory Allen – Knee
Dan Baker - Knee
Keelan Giles - Knee
Ben John – HIA
Brian Mujati – Shoulder
Scott Otten – Shoulder
Rory Thornton - Shoulder
Eli Walker – Back
Kieran Williams – Ankle
Tom Williams - Forearm
Ospreys Head Coach, Steve Tandy, said:
“We are welcoming a very good team to the Liberty this weekend, they are unbeaten and are deservedly top of Conference A, so we know the size of the challenge in store for us.
“Glasgow are a team that has always played an attractive brand of rugby and they are looking to take that to another level this season, with real strength in depth in all areas. Whatever line-up they bring down with them, they’ll come here confident, refreshed after a two-week break, and believing in their ability to get the job done.
“We know that we have to start climbing the table and to do that, we have to start turning those 50, 60 minute performances into a full 80. It won’t get any easier with Munster and Scarlets away in our next two PRO14 games so we can’t make excuses, can’t look beyond this weekend, we’ve got to put the hard work in as a collective.
“There are 13 games to go and the new conference structure means that there is absolutely everything to play for with a play-off spot just two wins away from us. The key is that we start picking up wins now, before that gap starts to grow, and that is the challenge for us on Sunday.”
Forthcoming Fixtures
Sat 2 Dec – 5.30pm KO – Munster v Ospreys – Irish Independent Park – PRO14
Sat 9 Dec – 5.30pm KO – Northampton Saints v Ospreys – Franklin’s Gardens – ERCC
Sun 17 Dec – 3.15pm KO – Ospreys v Northampton Saints – Liberty Stadium – ERCC
Tues 26 Dec – 5.35pm KO – Scarlets v Ospreys – Parc y Scarlets – PRO14