EPCR Challenge Cup Quarter Final v LOU Sat April 12th at 5.30pm

After last week's disaster, the Ospreys made wholesale changes to their lineup and it proved a masterstroke as they dominated from start to finish against the Scarlets in the Challenge Cup Round of 16 winning 36-14.

Their reward is a home Quarter Final against Lyon Olympic on Saturday at 5.30pm. Lyon are currently 7th in the Top 14 and progressed to the QFs after beating a weakend Sharks team 34-21. They have had mixed results in this year's competition - beating Cardiff (R1), Zebre (R2), before losing to Connacht (R3) and beating Cheetahs (R4). They do have a big squad with some top quality players (Radadra, Matavesi etc) but they do have a big game against 8th place Montpellier the week after so they could well rotate some of their squad.

For the Ospreys, Hardy should be back after his concussion protocols and he will likely replace RMW who will go through the same. Hopefully Gar Thom will recover from the knock he took today and he didn't look too happy to be subbed off.

Potential 23 man squad

G Thomas G Phillips

D Lake S Parry/G McGuigan

T Botha B Warren

A Beard R Davies J Fender

J Morgan J Tipuric M Morris M Morse

K Hardy L Davies

D Edwards

K Giles

K Williams E Boshoff O Williams

D Kasende

J Walsh I Hopkins

I would go with the same starting XV with KH replacing RMW.