Ospreys slapped with £5,000 fine as problems mount

THE Ospreys’ troubled preparations for Sunday’s Heineken Cup tie at Munster took a new twist yesterday after they were hit with yet another fine by rugby officials.

As though fielding 16 men against Leicester or calling off their fixture at Ulster was not enough, the Welsh club cemented their position as the bad-boys of European rugby with another administrative blunder.

The troubled region must pay £5,000 to Heineken Cup bosses for the late return of unsold tickets for last season’s quarter-final against Biarritz Olympique.