The Ospreys have updated their squad for the coming season...
LH - G Thomas S Thomas G Phillips C Jones F Chapman
H - S Parry D Lake E Lewis L Lloyd
TH - T Botha R Henry B Warren M Iorwerth-Scott K Hire
2R - A Beard R Davies H Sutton J Fender W Griffiths W Greatbanks L Jones L Edwards
BR - J Tipuric J Ratti M Morris J Morgan M Morse H Deaves T Davies
SH - RMW L Davies K Hardy S Whitlock
OH - O Williams D Edwards L Scully J Walsh O Erasmus
C - K Williams O Watkin P Cokanasiga T Florence
W - K Giles L Morgan R Conbeer H Houston D Kasende C Moyes C Lewis-Jenkins
FB - M Nagy I Hopkins L Edwards
Denotes SRC players.
I have updated this post to show the Squad as displayed on the Ospreys' website.
Evardi Boshoff Signs for the rest of the Season, all we need now is a Tight Head!
I don’t suppose anyone seen any cheetahs running around the training field have they?
Looking at the contracted youngsters allocated to SRC clubs, the above list might just be slimmed down with the removal of Cam Jones, Lewis Lloyd, Lewis Jones, Morgan Morse, Tristan Davies, Tom Florence, Harri Houston and Connor Moyse. It means we do have 21 youngsters getting regular game-time but begins to make the "main squad" look a bit thin.
Any truth in the cheetahs tight head coming over?
It looks as though the SA boys should be with us soon as the Cheetahs were knocked out yesterday, I wonder if they'll be given a break as the Currie Cup has been running for a while?
Well they have confirmed that Kasende will be joining up from October so maybe Conbeer, maybe not.
Ryan Conbeer, maybe a short term Contract?
Who was the forward in the blue scrum cap and the tall fair haired I think full back or should I have seen these guys before?
Went to the open training session yesterday. There were some nice touches from Cokanasiga and both Florence and Connor Moyes showed plenty of promise.
No more imminnent signings, according to Lance. Thats a real shame, as we are still weak in areas.
Conner Moyse from old Ealthons signed apparently, a winger played for Nottingham uni.
That was the hopeful news I was expecting to hear .
There should be enough youngsters like Hire, Fackrell, Houston etc among the squads at Swansea, Wizards and Ravens before we add in the loanees from Cheetahs. Given the doom'n'gloom merchants previous dire forecasts, having 41 on the current squad list is a decent enough start.
Have we really no got anything else to announce prior to the new season , I thought we had lost too many outside backs ?
D Kasanda has or is to signed according to WoL, Nkosi wanted to,stay in SA. Doesn’t sound a bad addition to the back three.
According to DJ Rossouw on TwitX Daniel Kasanda is contracted until October and he hasn’t heard a dicky bird about him leaving.
As far as a new home is concerned we have to be patient. The guys who build the temporary grandstands will all be booked solid until September. There almost certainly won't be the spare capacity right now and definitely not the trained and competent staff free to do anything. Just for comparison the 3G pitch at the Sports Park, just along the road opened in late May rather than the March target date and work started back last summer after planning in summer 2022.
We will be at Swansea.com for at least another season.
Any kind of news of incoming players or new home coming out this week, news had been really slow.
Any news due out this week?
News that Luke Davies's trial has been set for November means that we might need to promote Rhodri Lewis sooner than expected.