Ospreys Rugby

The Ospreys Rugby team was formed in 2003 when the regional structure of Welsh rugby changed and several professional sides merged. Ospreys were formed when Neath RFC and Swansea RFC combined and the team is affiliated with a number of semi-professional and amateur clubs around the area rugby fans now call ‘Ospreylia’.

Ever since the team’s inception, they have been a competitive side. In their second ever season in the Celtic League, they won the tournament, winning an impressive 16 of the 20 games they played. They then followed up their championship win in 2005 with further successes in 2007, 2010 and 2012. In fact, this was a golden era for the Ospreys Rugby side. This is because, during this period, the team also won the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2008 and finished as the tournament’s runners-up the year before.

However, since the team’s 2012 triumph, they have been far less successful. In fact, they’ve only reached the knockout stages of the competition once since then. That was in 2017 and the team was resoundingly beaten by Munster at the semi-final stage.

Similarly, since the formation of the Ospreys Rugby side, they’ve been unsuccessful in European competitions and the side have never once lifted either the Heineken Champions Cup or the European Rugby Challenge Cup. In both competitions, the side have never progressed past the quarter-final stage.