Ospreys CEO Nick Garcia insists the club are here to stay as he offered a bullish response to recent rumours over the future of the four Welsh regions.
Welsh rugby has once again been preoccupied with speculation over one of the four professional sides being culled, following the leaking of a report commissioned on behalf of the Professional Rugby Board that recommended such action. Speaking for the first time since proposals to slash one of the four pro teams emerged, with the Ospreys and Dragons reportedly the ones most in danger, Garcia insisted that the Swansea outfit are not going anywhere.
Garcia, who has been at Ospreys for just over a year after coming into the region from Manchester City, also advocated equal funding for the four professional sides while he insisted a merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets had never been on the table. He believes the leaking of the report, and the fact the Ospreys were put in the firing line, is likely to have come from a person "with an agenda".
