So the last home game of the season will see the Ospreys take on the Dragons in a mouth-watering local Welsh derby.
The Ospreys will be looking for revenge after their 32-25 loss in Newport back in October and will need a win for several reasons;-
1) To continue their chase to retain the Welsh Shield
2) A confidence builder for the Saracens game a week later.
The Welsh internationals will be back so I expect the Ospreys to name as full a strength squad as they can and they might even be able to call upon the likes of Dewi Lake and Gareth Anscombe, but they could well be without Alex Cuthbert who currently has a foot injury.
Likely squad (barring any more injuries and assuming that everyone is fit) although Booth might choose to hold back a couple of players for the Saracens game.
N Smith G Thomas D Lake S Parry T Francis T Botha A Beard AWJ R Davies J Tipuric M Morris E Roots *H Sutton/D Lydiate
R Webb RMW O Williams G Anscombe K Giles K Williams O Watkin G North I Hopkins J Hawkins*
*Edited to add Joe Hawkins.
* Edited again to remove the injured Jac Morgan. I think that Booth could well play Rhys at 6 and have Sutton on the bench instead of Lydiate.
Potential Starting Team?
N Smith S Parry T Botha A Beard AWJ R Davies J Tipuric M Morris
R Webb O Williams K Giles K Williams O Watkin G North I Hopkins
Moriaty to Bie e , best place for the thug, see how he manages against the real hard boys and French officials who tend to look the other way