Ospreys team to play Leinster

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The Ospreys team to play Leinster at The Royal Dublin Society, Dublin on Friday 4th October, K.O 7:35pm is as follows:

OSPREYS

Cai Evans

Luke Morgan

Scott Williams

Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler

Keelan Giles

Luke Price

Shaun Venter

Rhodri Jones

Sam Parry

Tom Botha

Dan Lydiate ©

Lloyd Ashley

Olly Cracknell

Sam Cross

Dan Baker

Reserves

Scott Otten

Gareth Thomas

Gheorghe Gajion

Ben Glynn

Gareth Evans

Matthew Aubrey

Tom Williams

Hanno Dirksen

The following players were unavailable for selection due to international duty:

Adam Beard, Aled Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Bradley Davies, George North, Nicky Smith, Justin Tipuric and Owen Watkin (All Wales); Lesley Klim (Namibia) Ma’afu Fia (Tonga)

The following players were unavailable for selection due to injury:

Gareth Anscombe – ACL
Will Griffiths – Shoulder
Dewi Lake – Ribs
Harri Morgan – Groin

Full Injury update to follow

Speaking ahead of the game, Head Coach Allen Clarke said: “Leinster have quality throughout their squad even with the boys away at the world cup. They have a programme that has been the heartbeat of Irish rugby for a number of years and is the envy of most European teams. Their record shows how good a side they are and I’m sure everybody outside our group doesn’t give us a chance against them on Friday night.

“Again, if you step back from the game against Ulster, taking into account the number of boys we were missing and compounding that with the number of injuries we picked up, I thought the resolve of our group was excellent. You can build on that, if you don’t have that character within the group, you don’t have a chance. “We’ve got fight, we’ve got character and we trust that we’ll be in a good position on Friday night to be the best version of ourselves.”

Forthcoming Fixtures:

Saturday 12th October – 7:35pm – Ospreys v Benetton Rugby Treviso, Liberty Stadium.
Friday 5th October – 7:35pm – Munster v Ospreys, Irish Independent Park, Cork.
Saturday 2nd November – 5:15pm – Ospreys V Connacht, Liberty Stadium.