Ospreys battling to keep club alive

By PETER JACKSON
ALUN-WYN Jones starts another Grand Slam week caught in the crossfire of a major political row between his beloved Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union.
The Swansea-based region, incensed at having to spend the last week fighting attempts to close them down, are now asking the Union: “Why are you trying to kill us off?”
The Ospreys were on the verge of being put of business when they went into a meeting with the governing body at the country base used by the Wales squad.
The club refused to be sacrificed to make way for a new region in North Wales.
Jones, an Osprey...

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