YORKSHIRE Carnegie head coach Bryan Redpath has made 12 changes to his starting line-up for tomorrow's opening British & Irish Cup tie with the Ospreys Premiership Select at Huddersfield YMCA (1.30pm).

The only players who are retained from last week’s last-ditch defeat at Bedford are full back Jonah Holmes, second row Matt Smith and flanker Josh Bainbridge, who this week was named the Greene King IPA Championship Player of the Month for October.

Scrum half Chris Pilgrim will captain the side, while prop Ben Hooper makes his first appearance of the season after recovering from injury.

On the bench, Kevin Sinfield is set to make his debut for the club two weeks after switching codes from rugby league, while Huddersfield-born centre Andy Forsyth will be on familiar territory.

Wharfedale's Taylor Prell is on the wing, while Green Machine loanee Jack Barnard and youngster Jordan Poole are on the bench.

Yorkshire Carnegie: Jonah Holmes; David Doherty, Max Wright, Pete Lucock; Taylor Prell; Joel Hodgson, Chris Pilgrim; Charlie Beech,  Joe Graham, Ben Hooper, Dean Schofield, Matt Smith, Richard Beck, Jarad Williams, Josh Bainbridge. Replacements: Jordan Poole, Charlie Capps, Rob O’Donnell, Tom Ryder, Jack Barnard, Kevin Sinfield, Andy Forsyth.