Ospreys for Next season...!

Huw Bennett Hooker Wales
Mefin Davies Hooker Wales
Richard Hibbard Hooker Wales
Ryan Bevington Prop Wales
Craig Cross Prop Wales
Cai Griffiths Prop Wales
Paul James Prop Wales
Adam Jones Prop Wales
Duncan Jones Prop Wales
Aaron Jarvis Prop England
Ian Evans Lock Wales
Ian Gough Lock Wales
James Goode Lock Wales
Alun Wyn Jones Lock Wales
Tom Smith Flanker Wales
Steve Tandy Flanker Wales
Jonathan Thomas Flanker Wales
Justin Tipuric Flanker Wales
George Stowers Flanker Samoa
Morgan Allen Number 8 Wales
Ryan Jones Number 8 Wales
Joe Bearman Number 8 England


Tom Isaacs Scrum-half Wales
Rhys Webb Scrum-half Wales
Kahn Fotuali'i Scrum-half Samoa
Dan Biggar Fly-half Wales
Dai Flanagan Fly-half Wales
Matthew Morgan Fly-half Wales
Ashley Beck Centre Wales
Andrew Bishop Centre Wales
Sonny Parker Centre Wales
Gareth Owen Centre Wales
Tommy Bowe Wing Ireland
Richard Fussell Wing Wales
Kristian Phillips Wing Wales
Nikki Walker Wing Scotland
Shane Williams Wing Wales
Barry Davies Fullback Wales
Ross Jones Fullback Wales
Tom Prydie Fullback Wales

Transfers 2011–2012

In

George Stowers from London Irish[12]
Kahn Fotuali'i from Crusaders[13]
Joe Bearman from Newport Gwent Dragons
Aaron Jarvis from Bath[14]

Out

James Hook to Perpignan[15]
Lee Byrne to Clermont[16]
Mike Phillips to Bayonne[17]
Jerry Collins to Yamaha Júbilo[18]
Jamie Nutbrown to Bay of Plenty[19]
Craig Mitchell to Exeter[20]
Marty Holah to Waikato[21]
Jonathan Spratt to London Irish
Matthew Jarvis to Connacht[22]
Rory Pitman to Glasgow Warriors on Loan[23]
Andy Lloyd to Ospreys management team
Ben Lewis retired due to injury
Conor McInerney retired due to injury


So there you have it as per Ospreys Website, who is in who is out.

What are your thoughts? Who would be your first team? Who do you think can fill the voids left by the regular first team players that have departed?

lays bare the rubbish spoken that the Ospreys aren't developing Welsh talent, looks good for them next season, they can concentrate on developing a style of play to suit them now without the prima-donnas there, they'll still be the top Welsh region this time next year I reckon, much as it hurts to say so.

First XV

Paul James
Richard Hibbard
Adam Jones
Alun Wynn Jones
Ian Evans
George Stowers
Justin Tuperic (c)
Ryan Jones
Rhys Webb
Dan Biggar
Shane Williams
Ashley Beck
Andrew Bishop
Tommy Bowe
Richard Fussell

maestegmafia wrote:First XV

Paul James
Richard Hibbard
Adam Jones
Alun Wynn Jones
Ian Evans
George Stowers
Justin Tuperic (c)
Ryan Jones
Rhys Webb
Dan Biggar
Shane Williams
Ashley Beck
Andrew Bishop
Tommy Bowe
Richard Fussell

strange, you seem to have picked a wing at 15 and yet you have 3 genuine fullbacks in the squad, any reason?

The biggest loss is J Hook as a game breaker and who is going to replace Biggar when it all falls appart in the big games?

Collins and Holah have been 100% players but time is catching up with Holah and Collins does give away too many penalties but he will be missed.

Great news Nutbrown has gone shame Bennett is still there.

The players brought in will give fresh momentum, if Brearman can stay injury free he could be a great buy.

Overall not a bad team for next year (not taking into account the RWC squad members missing for various reasons).