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![[Flag of Ospreys Rugby]](../images/g/gb@ospr.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 11 April 2010
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Ospreys Rugby (Neath-Swansea Ospreys Rugby until 2005) is one of the four
regional Welsh teams, which were set up in 2003 by the Welsh Rugby Union to
boost professional rugby in Wales. The club emerged as a balanced partnership
(50/50) between Neath RFC (founded in 1871, the oldest Welsh rugby club) and
Swansea RFC (founded in 1873). The Ospreys won the Celtic League, played by the
professional regional teams of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in 2005 and 2007,
and the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2008.
The name of
the new club was chosen as a reference of the colours of the two founding
clubs, black for Neath (once known as the [Welsh] All Blacks) and white for
Swansea (once known as the All Whites). The osprey (Pandion haliaetus, aka sea hawk) is indeed a black and white
bird of prey.
The flag used by the Ospreys' supporters is black with the
osprey's "facial mask" in white, surmounting the name of the club, in white
letters. Such flags were seen, for instance, during the quarters of the European
Rugby Cup lost against Biarritz (28-29) in the Anoeta Stadium of San Sebastian,
10 April 2010.
http://www.ospreysrugby.com - Ospreys official website
Ivan Sache,
11 April 2010