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Ospreys need to rise from Welsh hangover

By Huw Richards

Published: March 21 2008 22:49 | Last updated: March 21 2008 22:49

Seven days on from Wales’s grand-slam triumph in the Six Nations championship, the bulk of its players return to the scene of victory wearing a different shirt. For the red of Wales, read the black of the Ospreys.

The Neath-Swansea franchise supplied 11 starters – including skipper Ryan Jones and player of the tournament Shane Williams – plus three replacements to the Welsh team that beat France.

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