Ospreys v Gloucester: Teams

Published: Thursday, 8. November, 2012 in category Gloucester

The Ospreys are currently fifth in the RaboDirect PRO12 table while Gloucester are fourth in the Aviva Premiership after losing away to Harlequins last time out.

Marc Thomas and Will Price will make their first Ospreys starts.

Scott Otten, Nicky Smith, Nicky Thomas, Rhodri Hughes, Arthur Ellis, Sam Davies and Nathan Edwards will all make their Ospreys debuts if they appear off the bench.

Gloucester will field an inexperienced team. In the backs, the likes of Martyn Thomas, Shane Monahan, Tim Molenaar, Tim Taylor and Dan Robson have first-team experience while there is a debut for centre Drew Locke.

In the pack the experience of Tommaso d'Apice, Dario Chistolini, Matt Cox and skipper Peter Buxton is backed up by a number of promising young forwards, including current England U20 squad members Elliott Stooke and Ross Moriarty.

Ospreys: Ross Jones, Tom Grabham, Ben John, Jonathan Spratt, Will Price, Matthew Morgan, Rhys Webb, Marc Thomas, Matthew Dwyer, Joe Rees, Lloyd Peers, James King, George Stowers, Sam Lewis (cpt), Morgan Allen.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Nicky Smith, Nicky Thomas, Rhodri Hughes, Arthur Ellis, Tom Habberfield, Sam Davies, Nathan Edwards

Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Shane Monahan, Drew Locke, Tim Molenaar, Ian Clark; Tim Taylor, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Tommaso d'Apice, Dario Chistolini; Elliott Stooke, Will Graulich; Ross Moriarty, Matt Cox, Peter Buxton (cpt).
Replacements: Koree Britton, Dan Murphy, Tom Heard, Ed King, Ben Sparks, Dave Lewis, Billy Burns, Steph Reynolds