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| Venue: TBC Date: Saturday, 26 December Kick-off: 17: 15 GMT |
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Wales hooker Sam Parry will hasten away out Ospreys’ Boxing Day derby with Scarlets after suffering a knee hurt in the Scenario Cup pick over Worcester.
The match has been switched from Liberty Stadium because Championship football membership landlords Swansea City are changing the taking part in surface.
The Expert14 sport is now location to be performed at Parc y Scarlets.
“It’s miles disappointing for the reason that Liberty Stadium is our dwelling and the save we play,” mentioned Ospreys head coach Toby Booth.
“The quality and the skin and the sector we play on are foremost to us and we’re looking out to resolve that teach.”
Scarlets’ dwelling ground is anticipated to be confirmed as the venue and if that is so, Booth says his facet must adapt.
“It would possibly per chance be out of necessity and each person understands that,” mentioned Booth.
“It doesn’t in fact delight in an influence on our preparation and perhaps methodology we have to be better. We would possibly per chance be striking extra power on ourselves by taking part in away.
“That is a lawful check for us and the Scarlets delight in potentially been the most fixed team in restful years and it is a likelihood to explore how some distance down the avenue we’re. “
No recent Covid-19 circumstances
Booth shriek there were no recent certain assessments this week at Ospreys.
“We delight in had our assessments on Monday this week and we’re all lawful from that level of glimpse,” mentioned Booth.
“We delight in a number of boys serve from self-surroundings besides final week and even though they tested unfavorable, we’re erring on the facet of warning.
“With the infection charges as they are, we’re potentially compromising some of our preparation and proper guaranteeing of us are match and neatly ahead of they arrive serve.
“We delight in modified the manner we have trained this week and a piece of ultimate week to strive and minimise and mitigate likelihood.
“We delight in bought rid of assorted conferences and bustle effectively a split programme. It has an enact for your day and the connectivity of the neighborhood, however we proper must originate the correct thing.”
Booth confirmed the gamers would possibly per chance be allowed to spend time with family on Christmas Day below the ideas in Wales.
“They’ll be following nationwide neatly being authorities ideas as each person would perhaps be,” added Booth.
“I trust our gamers to originate the correct thing. No one has given me reason to mediate that would possibly per chance no longer be upheld.”
Ospreys: tbc
Scarlets: tbc
Referee: Adam Jones (WRU)
Assistant referees: Ben Whitehouse, Aled Evans (both WRU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU).
