Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips will not start for The Ospreys against Connacht in the Magners League on Sunday at Liberty Stadium.

Ireland's Tommy Bowe will line out at centre for The Ospreys against Munster in the The Ospreys in the Magners League tomorrow at the Liberty Stadium.

Ireland wing Tommy Bowe will be on the bench for The Ospreys for their Magner's League clash with Ulster at the Liberty Stadium tomorrow.

Jerry Collins will make his debut for The Ospreys against Connacht in the Magner's League at The Sprotsground on Friday night (6.30pm).

Scarlets 19 Ospreys 28

Wales full-back Lee Byrne failed a fitness test on his ankle and is out of The Ospreys team to face Munster in the Heineken Cup on Sunday at Thomond Park.

Coach Sean Holley will give full-back Lee Byrne every chance to make match day after including him in the Ospreys' squad to prepare for Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster at Thomond Park.

Heineken Cup quarter-finalists The Ospreys have surrendered their challenge for the Magner's League by selecting an under-strength side to play Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday.

Ospreys 8 Leinster 13

Connacht must be boosted by the absence of James Hook from a severely depleted Ospreys side for their Magners League tussle at The Liberty Stadium on on Sunday (2.15pm).

ON a bitterly cold evening in south Dublin, Leinster consolidated their position on top of the Magners League with a bonus point victory over a shadow Ospreys side, but Michael Cheika was left facing some selection dilemmas ahead of this weekend’s Heineken Cup clash with Toulouse.

Cardiff Blues won their eighth successive Magners League game in the Arms Park today. They met Ospreys, who were a point ahead of the Blues before the match.

Ospreys 24 Edinburgh 17

Cardiff Blues 40 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 14

The Neath-Swansea Ospreys team to play Leinster Lions in the Celtic Cup, at Donnybrook, on Friday September19, 2003, with kick off at 7.30pm, will be selected from the following squad: