The Ospreys team to play Leicester Tigers at Bridgend Ford Brewery Field on Friday 11th August 2017, KO 7.30pm, is as follows:
15 Dan Evans
14 Tom Williams
13 Joe Thomas
12 Owen Watkin
11 Jay Baker
10 Luke Price
9 Tom Habberfield (Capt)
1 Paul James
2 Scott Otten
3 Ma’afu Fia
4 Lloyd Ashley
5 Bradley Davies
6 James Ratti
7 Olly Cracknell
8 Dan Baker
REPLACEMENTS
16 Ifan Phillips
17 Rowan Jenkins
18 Dmitri Arhip
19 Adam Beard
20 Josh Cole
21 Brendon Leonard
22 Cory Allen
23 James Hook
- Rob McCusker
- Will Jones
- Matthew Aubrey
- Ben John
- Phil Jones
- Rhodri Jones
(- denotes unnumbered jersey)
Ospreys Head Coach, Steve Tandy, said:
“We’ve had a good six or seven weeks of hard work, putting the pillars in place for the new season, and it’s good to get into a match week routine now, with the focus switching a little bit to what happens on the 80 minutes at the end of the week.
“Leicester are enjoying a training camp down here with this game at the centre of it and, like us, will be really excited about looking to put some of the things they’ve been working on into practice.
“For our part we’ve got some boys coming back after time out with injury, a lot of exciting youngsters having a run out, and then you look at the bench and a couple of new signings, it’s a good mix.
“There are plenty of clichés around pre-season but it really is about building blocks for a long season ahead, with Bath at the Liberty next weekend and then going away to Leicester. It’s a busy schedule, when you look at the big games we’ve got in September and October, and we’ve got to make sure that we get to where we need to be to do ourselves justice, not just in the opening weeks but across the full season.
“It should be a good night with the warm welcome we always get at the Brewery Field from the local community, and a night for Bridgend to enjoy what will be a cracking contest if it’s anything like the two games between us last summer.”
Admission to the Bridgend Ford Brewery Field for this match is just £10, with U16s enjoying free entry.
Forthcoming Fixtures
Sun 20 Aug - 2.00pm KO – Bath v Ospreys – Liberty Stadium
Fri 25 Aug – 7.45pm KO – Leicester Tigers v Ospreys – Welford Road
Sat 2 Sep – 2.30pm KO – Ospreys v Zebre – Liberty Stadium – PRO14
Sat 9 Sep – 3.15pm KO – Glasgow v Ospreys – Scotstoun – PRO14
Sat 16 Sep – 3.15pm KO - Ospreys v Munster – Liberty Stadium – PRO14