Toby Booth: Tough telling players I was leaving Ospreys

By Mark Stevens

Toby Booth admits telling his Ospreys players that he would be leaving at the end of the season was one of the hardest things he has had to do in his career.
Booth has been in charge of the Swansea-based team since 2020 but will be replaced by Mark Jones, who will be promoted from defence coach, a role Justin Tipuric will himself take over once he calls time on his own playing career at the end of the season.
In a co-ordinated club announcement, Booth – alongside chief executive Lance Bradley – outlined the exit plan, as well as the long-term coaching strategy.
However, the...

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