Ospreys coaching director Scott Johnson is to quit his post at the end of this season.

The Ospreys have been cleared of fielding an ineligible player in the Heineken Cup.

IRELAND international Tommy Bowe has signed a lucrative three-year contract extension with the Ospreys after turning down offers from Munster, Leinster and Ulster.

Wales coach Warren Gatland last night hit out in the player release row between the Welsh Rugby Union and the regional sides and insisted five days’ preparation for the opening November Test would be “insufficient”.

Wales’ most-capped forward, Gareth Llewellyn, has been put on the transfer list by Neath-Swansea Ospreys.