Filo Tiatia, one of the Osprey’s kiwi backrow players, has announced that he is going to retire at the end of the season.
At 38 it might be expected but it is a loss. And as an Ospreys fan all I can say is ‘thank you Filo’.
As far as I am concerned he is one of the first of the Ospreys legends that will go down in folklore. He is inspirational and hardhitting on the pitch. I know when he first signed I wasn’t much of a fan, …

There is an excellent article on the financial boost that the 6 Nations has given the respective nations over on Heavens Game right now, with Wales raking in £73 million.  But whilst that is all well and good it is the last line of the article that interests me…
Friday evening rugby proved popular for the second year running. The Wales v France match attracted the second highest TV audience – estimated at 10.5m – as well as a capacity crowd in the Millennium Stadium. The most watched game was France v England …

The Llanelli Scarlets have named their team to take on Edinburgh for this must win game. There are only 5 games in the Magners League remaining and it is very close in the battle to not be the bottom Welsh team – remember that the bottom Welsh rugby region doesn’t make it into the Heineken Cup for the first time. And since only 1 point seperates the Scarlets and Cardiff Blues every game matters.
Which makes head coach Nicgel Davies’ decision to rest Stephen Jones and Sean Lamont after …

Dai young has named his Cardiff Blues side to take on Ulster in the Magners League this weekend, and it includes a number of returning Welsh Internationals, straight off the back of Wales’ 6 Nations campaign.
The likes of Halfpenny and Tom James are likely to be looking to prove a point when it comes to the Welsh spot, with the tour to New Zealand coming up, and no doubt Richie Rees would like to start putting in some performances to keep his stock high with the Welsh management.
But of course …

It is hard to believe anyone can respect Leicester these days. Oh they are still a decent team, and with a long proud history. Their fans are right out of the top draw, no question, the set up is quality and they have a coach who seems to be doing the right things. So what am I talking about?
Their sour grapes at losing, or more accurately their Director’s continued sour grapes. I am finding it hard to get my head around but the Director of Leicester, …

The Welsh rugby team to take on Ireland in this year’s 6 Nations has been announced, and it has a few surprises. Delve has, as many predicted, gone straight from not being in the training squad to starting, with Ryan jones out injured. Hopefully this will help him make up his mind to join Cardiff rather than head down under.
His ball carrying should be useful, as will Bradley Davies’, still in the team after his superb game last time out against france. Charteris gets yet another chance …

Not a Welsh rugby star but a reality TV star that is. ‘Hunky’ (not my words) Gavin Henson is, according to the Sun, going to be starring in one of those God awful reality TV shows, and has already started filming. That rules him out of playing this season then. And likely at all… as the type of show it is explains why there have been rumours that he has been training again.
The next in crap reality shows will be called 71 Degrees North and will feature …

It is the question on many Ospreys’ fans lips (and Welsh rugby fans’, maybe) – just what will Leicester try next to get themselves into the quarter finals?
After failing to get in through their rugby ability – coming third in the group in which the Ospreys qualified in 2nd they turned their attention to other matters. First was the official complaint by the Tigers board about the Lee Byrne, 16th man disaster… it was fairly obvious form the comments being made by the board they hoped to get the …

Well here’s a big blow. Just as we were coming to terms with the Andy Powell golf buggy incident (by coming to terms I of course mean stopping laughing), and his subsequent dropping from the 6 Nations squad we now find ourselves another forward down – this time in the shape of lock Alun Wyn Jones.
The elbow injury he sustained vs Scotland has ruled him out of the 6 Nations, with a likely lay off time of 12 weeks (disappointingly also missing the Osreys’ Heineken Cup quarter final in …

I want you to think back to before the Autumn Internationals. To a time when our optimism hadn’t been dented by some poor performances and naive coaching decisions. To a time when we were still full of hope, whimsy and joy. Or something like that.
Are you thinking back? Remember the pain of knowing we would be without Adam Jones? There was a big debate over who would fill his sizeable boots – and the smart money seemed to be on Eiffon Roberts to step up …