Club Details: Ospreys
The Ospreys are one of the five original regions of the Welsh Regional Rugby. The club came into being in the summer of 2003 when the WRU elected to reduce the current top tier of Welsh Professional Rugby from nine clubs into five regions, effectively mirroring the successful formats in Ireland and countries such as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The Ospreys represent the whole of the Neath and Swansea areas, also encompassing Aberavon. They were created by merging the area's two most successful clubs - Neath RFC and Swansea RFC - who still retain ownership of the club on a 50:50 basis.
In the summer of 2004, due to the liquidation of the Celtic Warriors region, Neath-Swansea Ospreys have had their borders extended to also cover much of the Bridgend, Ogmore and Vale of Glamorgan areas to the east.
After initial problems, which were inevitable given the storied historical rivalry between the two clubs, the Ospreys have settled down to become Wales only true merged regional team thanks to the demise of the Celtic Warriors.
They have performed admirably in their first year, earning by right a place in the 2004/05 European Rugby Cup. In 2004/5 they won the Celtic League.
In 2005 the Neath Swansea label was dropped and the team were simply known as Ospreys Rugby.
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Ospreys
Landorre
Swansea
SA21 2FA
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Landore, Swansea SA21 2FA
Stadium Capacity: 20,532
Club Founded: 2003
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