Bowe out for Ospreys

The Ospreys will be without Ireland’s Tommy Bowe for their home tie against Munster at The Liberty Stadium on Friday night.

Their coach Sean Holley has had to juggle his resources because of a long list of injuries including Nikki Walker (hamstring), Ben Lewis (knee), Duncan Jones (foot) and Ian Evans (knee).

"Munster's pedigree speaks for itself and we are well aware of the threat that they will pose. Given their disappointing results over Christmas they will no doubt be looking to put the record straight,” said Holley.

"We have a good record against Munster, and we want to keep that record intact this weekend. It is about building on the momentum we have generated during recent weeks, improving in certain areas to take performance levels to where we want them to be.

THE OSPREYS (v Munster): L Byrne; J Vaughton, S Parker, A Bishop, S Williams; J Hook, M Phillips; P James (capt), R Hibbard, C Griffiths, A-W Jones, J Thomas, T Smith, S Tandy, F Tiatia.

Replacements: H Bennett, R Bevington, L Bateman, M Holah; R Webb, D Biggar, K Phillips.