Ospreys coach Lyn Jones has stepped down after claiming to have taken the Welsh region as far as he can.

Shane Williams welcomed the appointment of Ian McGeechan as British and Irish Lions head coach - and provided a spine-tingling insight into why he was the unanimous choice to lead the 2009 assault on South Africa.

Jonathan Thomas will be pressed into action as an emergency open-side flanker against South Africa this summer after Wales coach Warren Gatland decided not to recall veteran loose-forward Colin Charvis.

Injury-hit Wales will face world champions South Africa and one of the most powerful back rows in Test rugby without a specialist open-side flanker.

Wales name their squad for their summer tour to South Africa tomorrow.

Gloucester have signed Wales international centre Matthew J Watkins on a two-year deal from the Llanelli Scarlets.

A weakened Scarlets side suffered their fourth consecutive Celtic League defeat in their final match of the season as they went down 29-12 at against Edinburgh at Stradey Park.

Cardiff Blues guaranteed runners-up spot in the Celtic League behind champions Leinster with a 26-17 bonus-point win at Ulster thanks to two tries from man of the match Maama Molitika.

The Welsh Rugby Union have decided to release elite performance director Graeme Maw from his duties after five months in the job.

Wales boss Warren Gatland has completed his coaching team by recruiting conditioning expert Craig White.

Ospreys flanker Ben Lewis is to undergo knee surgery that will sideline him until November.

Shaun Connor is joining Newport-Gwent Dragons next season but he did his utmost to inflict defeat on his new region at Rodney Parade - to no avail.