Ospreys Team V Glasgow

The Ospreys team to face Glasgow in the Magners League at the Liberty Stadium on Friday 13th October kick off at 7.10pm, will be as follows:

The Ospreys team to face Glasgow in the Magners League at the Liberty Stadium on Friday 13th October – kick off at 7.10pm, will be as follows: -

15 Lee Byrne                

14 Nikki Walker                        

13 Sonny Parker                 

12 James Hook             

11 Shane Williams                    

10 Gavin Henson               

9 Justin Marshall

 

8 Ryan Jones               

7 Steve Tandy                           

6 Jonathan Thomas           

5 Ian Evans                  

4 Brent Cockbain                      

3 Adam Jones

2 Huw Bennett              

1 Duncan Jones (Capt)     

 

Replacements

 16 Barry Williams         

17 Paul James                          

18 Alun Wyn Jones

19 Filo Tiatia                 

20 Jason Spice                         

21 Shaun Connor

22 Andrew Bishop

 

Comment from Head Coach, Lyn Jones:

“The squad, coaching staff and team management have all reacted in a positive manner to the events of our last Magners league fixture in Ulster.  We have now got things on track but our focus remains on improving our game and we will be looking to maintain our momentum over the coming weeks.  Given we now have so many players hitting their stride each week gives me a selection dilemma of the type every coach I am sure would want to have.” 

“Glasgow have a particularly effective kicking game and a desire to play rugby from all areas of the field and this should result in an entertaining fixture for the supporters.  They are well led and have established Scottish internationals in key positions, which gives them the advantage of decision makers throughout the side.  We are looking forward to the challenge they will present on Friday night.”

Injury and squad availability news

We have seven players not available for selection:

Andy Lloyd (medial ligament strain) hopes to be available for selection against Australia on November 1st and he has now commenced light training

Chris Martenko (shoulder reconstruction pre-season) should be available some time in November

Five players will not be available until 2007 – Richard Hibbard (shoulder), Matthew Jones (knee), Tim Evans (knee), Craig Mitchell (knee), and David Bishop (knee)

 

October Fixtures

Ospreys v Glasgow (Magners League) – Liberty Stadium – Friday 13th October – kick off at 7.10pm

Ospreys v Sale Sharks (Heineken Cup) – Liberty Stadium – Friday 20th October – kick off at 7.30pm

Stade Francais v Ospreys (Heineken Cup) – Stade Jean-Bouin – Saturday 28th October – kick off at 2.35pm