Power players to remain key to Ospreys' ambition.

(From South Wales Evening Post)

Byline: MARK ORDERS REPORTS

AS you'd expect of a side who lifted silverware with a try in the final minute of the final game of the season, the Ospreys will not be making radical changes to the fitness regime that proved so successful for 2011-12.

There will be no dramatic switches to bring about an ultra-mobile mobile game that involves tight-head props flying across open spaces with muscle sacrificed on the altar of all-out movement.

No, the Ospreys won the Pro12 title thanks largely to their willingness to respect the fundamentals of rugby, especially up front, where Adam Jones didn't take a backward step, Richard Hibbard …