Essentially the most profitable Welsh facet since regional rugby was launched in 2003 with 4 league titles and an Anglo-Welsh Cup triumph.
Warren Gatland famously named 13 Ospreys in his first Wales group in 2008.
However that star-studded squad of ‘Galacticos’, with the likes of Shane Williams, Gavin Henson and Ryan Jones in addition to All Blacks Justin Marshall, Marty Holah and Jerry Collins, ought to have achieved extra.
The area has produced real superstars, equivalent to Alun Wyn Jones, Shane Williams, Dan Biggar, Adam Jones and James Hook. This summer season it supplied one in every of solely two British & Irish Lions gamers from Wales – Jac Morgan flying to Australia together with Gloucester’s Tomos Williams.
Ospreys even have inhabitants on their facet in Wales’ second-biggest metropolis and have opted to go away the usually soulless Swansea.com Stadium and spend this 2025-26 season in Bridgend whereas they redevelop St Helen’s.
However Swansea council have safeguards if skilled rugby within the metropolis is impacted by the WRU resolution.
The area, taken over by Y11 Sport & Media in 2020, got here near a merger with the Scarlets in 2019, whereas discuss of a merger with Cardiff in 2023 was denied.
The WRU could be eager for these discussions to start once more.
