The Ospreys team to face the Australian Tourists in the npower renewables challenge at the Liberty Stadium on Wednesday 1st November "â¬" kick off at 7.30pm, will be as follows: -
The Ospreys team to face the Australian Tourists in the npower renewables challenge at the Liberty Stadium on Wednesday 1st November "â¬" kick off at 7.30pm, will be as follows: - 15 Stefan Terblanche 14 Richard Mustoe 13 Sonny Parker 12 Tal Selley 11 Jonathan Vaughton 10 Shaun Connor 9 Jason Spice 8 Filo Tiatia 7 Richard Pugh 6 Lee Beach 5 Lyndon Bateman 4 Mike Powell 3 Andrew Millward 2 Barry Williams 1 Paul James (Capt)
Replacements:
16 Huw Bennett 17 Cai Griffiths 18 Brent Cockbain/ Mike Collins 19 Andrew Lloyd 20 Martin Roberts 21 Andrew Bishop 22 Nikki WalkerComment from Head Coach, Lyn Jones:
"â¬ÅTomorrow evening we will be up against players with World Cup places to play for so there will be no shortage of motivation on either side. Having said that we do not want to concentrate on them too much as coaches and we have focussed on getting the very best from the players that have been selected. We have great faith in this group of players. They formed the basis of the performance against Bath where they fronted up to an extremely physical challenge and they will appreciate the responsibility of facing a touring side in front of a sell-out Liberty Stadium."â¬Â
"â¬ÅIt is an honour for us to be the first Welsh region to host such a fixture and the fact that there will not be an empty seat illustrates the potential support base available to Ospreys Rugby. Although our crowds continue to grow it is our responsibility as coaches and players to regularly produce the type of displays that gets a larger proportion of these supporters coming to the stadium on a regular basis."â¬Â
Injury and squad availability news
The following nine players are unavailable due to Wales team commitments:
Gavin Henson, Shane Williams, Adam Jones, Ian Evans, Jonathan Thomas, Ryan Jones, Duncan Jones, Alun Wyn Jones and James Hook
We also have eight players not available for selection due to injury:
Lee Byrne (foot) and Justin Marshall (shoulder) suffered slight knocks against Stade Francais, but both will be fit to face Munster
Chris Martenko (shoulder) still looks likely to be available some time in November and has just commenced light contact training
Five players will not be available until 2007 "â¬" Richard Hibbard (shoulder), Matthew Jones (knee), Tim Evans (knee), Craig Mitchell (knee), andDavid Bishop (knee)
November Fixtures
npower renewables challenge "â¬" Ospreys v Australian Tourists "â¬" Liberty Stadium "â¬" Wednesday 1st November "â¬" kick off at 7.30pm
Munster v Ospreys (Magners League) "â¬" Thomond Park "â¬" Saturday 25th November "â¬" kick off at 7.30pm