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In today’s issue Toby Booth’s Welcome

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Rainbow Cup Welcome

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Ospreys Supporters Club

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Cymry ar y Cae : Ifan Phillips

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Player Q&A: Reuben Morgan-Williams

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Contract Extension: Alun Wyn Jones

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Opposition Team: Cardiff Blues

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Ospreys in The Community

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Starting XV’s

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2021 Fixtures/Results

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Toby Booth’s

welcome

Now we start a new competition, in what we all appreciate has been a long and convoluted season in an unprecedented time for us all. You are all aware of the situation with the big four South African teams, but this is still an opportunity to play and to compete in a new competition.

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GUINNESS PRO14 CAMPAIGN TO CONCLUDE IN MARCH AHEAD OF NEW “RAINBOW CUP” WITH SOUTH AFRICA’S TOP FOUR ‘SUPER’ TEAMS The current Guinness PRO14 campaign will end in March allowing South Africa’s four ‘Super’ teams and our existing clubs to finish the season with a 16-team “Rainbow Cup” competition ahead of the British & Irish Lions tour.

After consulting with key PRO14 stakeholders, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup was chosen as the best pathway to finish up the current campaign and introduce South Africa’s four ‘Super’ teams: the Vodacom Bulls; Emirates Lions; Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers. This decision also allows our European-based sides to earn qualification for European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) tournaments in 2021/22 in a fair and equitable manner.

Ahead of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will provide a ground-breaking spectacle for fans who will see international star players from north and south establish new rivalries in their bid for the ultimate Test selection.

Right through until the last kick of the ball in the Rainbow Cup in June, fans will be able to watch it all unfold with our broadcast partners Premier Sports, eir Sport, S4C, TG4, DAZN and Super Sport.

How it will Work • The 2020/21 Guinness PRO14 campaign will finish after 16 rounds with the Conference winners facing each other in a final in late March • Qualification for EPCR tournaments in 2021/22 will be decided by rankings after Round 16 • On April 17, 2021, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will kick-off and introduce the Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions, Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers and their World Cup-winning Springboks • The Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will consist of a pool stage (two pools of eight teams) and a final between the two pool winners FINAL CHAPTER OF GUINNESS PRO14 Rounds 12 to 16 will take place from February 20 and conclude on March 20. A final will then take place at the home venue of the highest-ranked team. This abbreviated fixture list will aim to ensure

home and away in-conference fixtures are completed and each team plays all of its cross-conference matches also. Further clarification will be available when fixtures are confirmed.

The scheduled dates for the conclusion of the 2020-21 Guinness PRO14 campaign are: R12: R13: R14: R15: R16: Final:

February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27

Once Round 16 has been completed, the top-ranked teams from each conference will qualify for the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup. Requirement for play-offs is under review.

GUINNESS PRO14 “RAINBOW CUP” FORGING NEW RIVALRIES With South Africa preparing to host their first British & Irish Lions tour since 2009, the World Cup champions will see their ‘Super’ teams – the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers take on the very best that Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales have to offer.

Players aiming to make the British & Irish Lions squad will find no better trial environment to test themselves in, as they go up against the likes of Siya Kolisi, Pieter Steph du Toit (both DHL Stormers), Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls), Elton Jantjies (Emirates Lions) and former Guinness PRO14 top-try scorer Makazole Mapimipi (Cell C Sharks).

The Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will kick off on April 17 with two pools of 8 teams made up of two Irish, two South African, two Welsh, one Italian and one Scottish club. Each team will play one game against each pool opponent and the sides that finish top of their pools will face off in a final on June 19.

Across 57 matches, the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup will feature the best of the Springbok talent going toe-to-toe with some of the British & Irish Lions’ biggest names – every one of them keen to lay down a marker to their respective selectors ahead of what will prove to an historic tour.

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Cymry ar y Cae:

Ifan Phillips

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PLAYER Q&A:

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As soon as I started playing rugby at that age, it was the only thing I really wanted to do. Rugby has always been the main focus for me. I started at Neath Athletic, played for the U16s and got picked for the team and played for them.

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contract extension:

alun wyn jones

The Wales captain and Ospreys legend signed a contract extension with the Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union.

The world’s most capped player, with 157 Test caps – 148 Wales appearances and nine for the British and Irish Lions – signed for another year, with an option to further extend.

Jones is the Ospreys' leading appearance holder, having pulled on the jersey 245 times for the region to date.

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Opposition team:

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cardiff blues DIRECTOR OF RUGBY: Dai Young GROUNDS: Cardiff Arms Park FOUNDED: 2003 CAPTAIN: Ellis Jenkins Cardiff Blues ended the regular season with two back-to-back victories over Benetton and Edinburgh, with a morale boosting return for their captain Ellis Jenkins.

The last time the Blues met the Ospreys in the Guinness PRO14, it was a physical arm-wrestle at Cardiff City Stadium and the visitors came out on top 3-17. Cardiff Blues’ Jason Tovey opened the scoring with a penalty, but it was Ospreys hooker Ifan Phillips that claimed the first try and an additional seven points was awarded to the visitors by way of a penalty try. Stephen Myler converted both and added a single penalty.

In the last five meetings, the capital city outfit have won two, while the Ospreys have claimed three.

22 THREE TO WATCH Ellis Jenkins The Welsh international openside flanker suffered an horrific knee injury in a man-of-the-match performance against South Africa in 2018. He made a triumphant return with a victory over the Ospreys in a friendly game, before going on to play in all four remaining Guinness PRO14 fixtures, including a man-of-the-match performance against Benetton.

The hard-working openside is a real nuisance at the breakdown and is as solid a defender as you’ll find in the back row.

Jarrod Evans Missed out on featuring in this year’s Six Nations campaign, but the livewire outside half has been pulling the strings for Cardiff Blues this season. Possessing a wicked step and an accurate boot, Evans can turn games on their heads with his attack orientated personality and ambition.

Surrounded by strike runners, Evans is worth keeping a wary eye on.

Uilisi Halaholo Halaholo made his international debut in Wales’ triumph over Scotland in the Six Nations, playing a crucial role in setting up winger Louis Rees-Zammit for the match-winning try. Deceptively strong and has a gift for offloads, Halaholo seems to be able to expose the smallest of gaps in opposition defences and punish them for it. Combines well with Samoan international centre Rey Lee-Lo in the midfield to cause havoc when play is loose.

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HEAD-TO-HEAD Sam Parry and Kristian Dacey are similar to one another in their style of play. Both are powerful ball carriers, dynamic around the pitch, and both love a go at the try line.

The Ospreys pack dominated today’s visitors in their last encounter, so there is little doubt that the Cardiff Blues forwards will be looking to reclaim some pride. There’ll be no better opportunities than at the set pieces and at the mauls, where both Parry and Dacey are at their best.

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Ospreys in the Community are delighted to announce that the Ospreys Supporters Club will be supporting the community team and our partnership with Action for Children as their chosen charity for the remainder of this season and next.

The two organisations have worked on projects for young people including “Bouncing Back” to support and improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people in secondary schools. The programmes and new partnership is fantastically supported by Ospreys Commercial Partners Philtronics Ltd.

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