Ospreys (rugby union)
Welsh rugby union team
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The Ospreys, formerly the Neath–Swansea Ospreys is one of the four professional rugby union teams from Wales. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. The team formed as a result of Neath RFC and Swansea RFC combining to create a new merged entity, as part of the new regional structure of Welsh rugby, that began in 2003. They are also affiliated with a number of local semi-professional and amateur clubs, including Welsh Premier Division sides Aberavon RFC, Bridgend Ravens, and original founding clubs Neath and Swansea. The regional area represented by the team has widely become known for rugby purposes as 'Ospreylia'.
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Ospreys open European campaign with win over LionsOspreys start their Challenge Cup campaign with a 30-14 victory against Lions in a European fixture switched to Llanelli from Swansea because of Storm Darragh.BBC Sport - Published | |
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URC boss Anayi welcomes Ospreys' play-off placeUnited Rugby Championship chief executive Martin Anayi says Ospreys becoming the first Welsh side to reach a play-offs in six years boosts the league.BBC Sport - Published | How Ospreys defied odds to reach URC play-offsNot many gave Ospreys a chance of reaching the United Rugby Championship play-offs but Toby Booth's side have defied the odds.BBC Sport - Published |
Cutting number of regions still 'an option' - WRUBut the WRU executive director of rugby still hopes to offer Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets an "uplift" in funding in coming years.BBC Sport - Published | Dragons aim to spoil Ospreys' play-off hopesDragons aim to spoil Ospreys' play-off hopes as Alex Cuthbert says some players are not at Rodney Parade for "right reasons".BBC Sport - Published |
Watch: Leinster v Ospreys in the URCOspreys face Leinster in Dublin in the United Rugby Championship on S4C via iPlayerBBC Sport - Published | Ospreys aim for URC play-offs spot after Euro lossOspreys head coach Toby Booth hopes European Challenge Cup disappointment can help inspire his side to a United Rugby Championship play-off place.BBC Sport - Published |
European Challenge Cup: Gloucester v Ospreys - radio & textListen to BBC commentary and follow live text as Gloucester host Ospreys in the European Challenge Cup quarter-final at Kingsholm.BBC Sport - Published |