New signing Owen Williams figures on the bench for the Ospreys against his old club Leicester Tigers in Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup pool encounter at the Swansea.com Stadium (5.30pm).
The 30-year-old was brought in this week as a short-term replacement for the injured Gareth Anscombe.
Toby Booth’s team also have Stephen Myler off limits, so playmaker Williams, a victim of the financial collapse at Worcester Warriors earlier in the season, is pressed into service almost before he has had time to properly acquaint himself with his new team-mates.
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His ability to cover fly-half and inside centre should help the Ospreys in the coming months.
Jack Walsh starts at fly-half against Leicester, with new Wales international Joe Hawkins partnering George North in the centre.
In all, the south-west Wales region name 11 internationals in their starting line-up, with a mass return of big names after the autumn internationals.
Nicky Smith wins the vote to feature at loose-head prop, with Gareth Thomas having had a particularly heavy workload during the autumn, starting all four internationals. By contrast, Smith should be fresh with just 35 minutes of game-time in November.
Justin Tipuric leads the team from openside flanker.
Leicester's selection isn't one everybody would have expected, with Freddie Steward, Chris Ashton, Freddie Burns, Ben Youngs, Julian Montoya, Dan Cole, Tommy Reffell and Jasper Wiese all missing.
Ospreys : Max Nagy; Alex Cuthbert, George North, Joe Hawkins, Keelan Giles; Jack Walsh, Rhys Webb; Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Tom Francis, Adam Beard, Alun Wyn Jones, Jac Morgan, Justin Tipuric (capt), Morgan Morris.
Replacements: Sam Parry, Gareth Thomas, Tom Botha, Huw Sutton, Rhys Davies, Reuben Morgan Williams, Owen Williams, Michael Collins.
Leicester Tigers: Anthony Watson; Harry Potter, Guy Porter, Dan Kelly, Hosea Saumaki; Charlie Atkinson, Jack van Poortvliet; James Whitcombe, Charlie Clare, Joe Heyes, Harry Wells, Ollie Chessum, George Martin, Hanro Liebenberg (capt), Olly Cracknell.
Replacements: Gabriel Oghre, Nephi Leatigaga, Will Hurd, Eli Snyman, Sean Jansen, Richard Wigglesworth, Jimmy Gopperth, Matt Scott.
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