Ospreys v Edinburgh: Teams
Ospreys have named an unchanged side for their RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Edinburgh at Liberty Stadium.
By Emma Bird
Last Updated: 09/09/11 5:30pm
Ospreys have named an unchanged side for their RaboDirect PRO12 encounter with Edinburgh this weekend.
Having claimed a highly-impressive 27-3 victory over European champions Leinster last Friday, it comes as no surprise that Sean Holley has kept faith with a winning combination.
"We're going into this game suitably buoyed after last week's performance, both in attack and defence. It was a good start, but we are looking at it as just that, only a start. We want to build some momentum and having our second home game affords us that chance," said Holley.
Ross Jones (ankle), Craig Cross (knee), Tom Prydie (ACL), Gareth Owen (ACL), Nikki Walker (medial ligament) and Joe Bearman (minor abdominal strain) remain sidelined by injury.
Back-line
Centre James King and full-back Tom Brown have returned to the Edinburgh back-line in two of the four changes to the squad that lost to Cardiff last weekend. King returns to the fold having missed the club's season opener with a dead leg.
Their reintroduction sees Matt Scott switch centre spots to accommodate King with Simon Webster returning to his favoured wing position. Phil Godman is injured, leaving Gregor Hunter to start at stand-off in his place.
Head coach Michael Bradley has made just one change to the squad, bringing in Argentine internationalist Esteban Lozada for Steven Turnbull at lock, with on-loan prop Shaun Knight selected to start on the bench.
"As a team we have acknowledged that our performance over the 80 minutes against Cardiff was not good enough but we created four or five gilt-edged chances and, if we had put some of those away, we could have put Cardiff under a lot more pressure.
"Ospreys are coming off a very good win over a strong Leinster side so they'll be very confident," said Bradley.
Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Kristian Phillips, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Hanno Dirksen, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Jonathan Thomas, 7 Justin Tipuric (Capt), 6 Tom Smith, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Ian Goughm 3 Cai Griffiths, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Duncan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Joe Rees, 19 James Goode, 20 James King, 21 Tom Isaacs, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Sonny Parker.
Edinburgh: 15 Tom Brown, 14 Simon Webster, 13 Matt Scott, 12 James King, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Gregor Hunter, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 David Denton, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Sean Cox, 5 Esteban Lozada, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Lewis Niven, 2 Steven Lawrie, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Steven Turnbull, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Jim Thompson, 23 Lee Jones.
