Ospreys V Leinster (friday 6th March, 7:05pm)

3rd March
Rugby

The Ospreys team to face Leinster in the Magners League on Friday 6th March 2009 at Liberty Stadium, kick off at 7.05pm, will be as follows:-

The Ospreys team to face Leinster in the Magners League on Friday 6th March 2009 at Liberty Stadium, kick off at 7.05pm, will be as follows:-15 Gareth Owen14 Jonny Vaughton13 Sonny Parker12 Andrew Bishop11 Kristian Phillips10 Dan Biggar9 Jamie Nutbrown 1 Paul James ©2 Ed Shervington3 Cai Griffiths4 Filipo Levi5 Andy Lloyd6 Tom Smith7 Marty Holah8 Filo Tiatia

Replacements:

16 Marc Breeze17 Craig Mitchell18 Rory Pitman19 Steve Tandy20 Rhodri Wells21 Jonathan Spratt22 David Bishop

The following players were not considered because of injury:

  • Richard Hibbard suffered ligament damage to the right ankle during the Connacht match and will resume bearing weight on his injured right next week before commencing an intensive rehabilitation programme. At this stage we are optimistic he will be back in action within the predicted 6 week window.
  • Nikki Walker is out of action for the rest of the season having undergone surgery to repair a partial tear of his hamstring muscle origin on his left leg suffered during the home game against Treviso.
  • Ben Lewis has undergone repeat ACL reconstruction surgery to his right knee having encountered further problems, and is unlikely to feature again this season
  • Duncan Jones is recovering from surgery to fix a chronic stress fracture in his right foot, and is unlikely to feature again this season
  • Ian Evans had undergone ACL reconstruction surgery after damaging his right knee in the Wales V New Zealand fixture in November and has been ruled out until next season
  • Lyndon Bateman suffered a dislocated patella in his left knee playing for Aberavon last month and is currently going through rehabilitation

    • In addition, the following players are all unavailable due to international duty:

  • Adam Jones
  • Huw Bennett
  • Ian Gough
  • Alun-Wyn Jones
  • Jonathan Thomas
  • Ryan Jones
  • Mike Phillips
  • James Hook
  • Shane Williams
  • Gavin Henson
  • Lee Byrne
  • Tommy Bowe

    • Forthcoming fixtures are as follows:

  • Friday 6th March " Ospreys V Leinster " Magners League " Liberty Stadium " 7.05pm
  • Saturday 28th March " Gloucester V Ospreys " EDF Energy Cup Semi-Final " Ricoh Arena " 2.30pm
  • Friday 3rd April " Ulster V Ospreys " Magners League " Ravenhill " 7.35pm
  • Sunday 12th April " Munster V Ospreys " Heineken Cup Quarter-Final " Thomond Park " 1.00pm

    • All fixtures are subject to change