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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Gerard Meagher

Ospreys’ Owen Williams: ‘Rugby is the worst I’ve seen it since I’ve been a professional’

Owen Williams makes a break during Ospreys’ European Champions Cup match against Montpellier in January.
Owen Williams is grateful to the Ospreys for picking him up after Worcester went out of business. Photograph: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Shutterstock

There are few people better placed to pass judgment on the precariousness of life as a rugby player in the UK than the Ospreys fly-half Owen Williams. In a little over six months he has broken his thumb, been made redundant, stepped straight into the frying pan that is Welsh regional rugby, become a father and made his first international start, during the Six Nations. Most players go their whole careers experiencing less.

Williams can be forgiven for sounding a little weary as he reflects on the events of this season. On the endless days spent recovering from his injury, watching the number of Worcester players training together dwindle as the lucky ones picked up offers at other clubs.

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