The Ospreys are ready to unleash a 'raring to go' Alun Wyn Jones this week as they look to snatch the Welsh Shield from under the Scarlets' nose.
Toby Booth's side will begin their four-game run-in with a trip to the Arms Park to face a beleaguered Cardiff side. it'll be the first of three derby matches for the Swansea-based region in the next few weeks and talisman Jones is ready to take part in all of them. The lock, who will make his 250th appearance for the region should he be named as expected, has been rested since the Six Nations, when he returned from a shoulder injury that he suffered last autumn.
But he is now firmly in the frame to return and help the Ospreys salvage something from their season. Currently, that looks like toppling the Scarlets in the Welsh Shield and earning themselves a Champions Cup spot in the process.
