Sam Davies' final message to Ospreys fans
The Dragons joined the merry-go-round of moving Welsh fly-halves with the signing of the Ospreys’ Sam Davies ahead of next season.
The Swansea-based side have signed Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe for the 2019/20 season, meaning Davies’ playing time would have been seriously reduced if he had stayed with the club he made his debut for in 2012.
The move away from the Liberty Stadium for the eight-cap Wales international was expected as soon as the Anscombe signing was announced, but his destination was never clear. However, now it has been confirmed that he is moving to Rodney Parade, Davies has taken to Instagram to send a parting message to the Ospreys fans.
In the post, Davies, who has played over 150 games for the region, said that this has been “[a] really tough decision for me to move on and honestly it’s hard to let go - but this is the right time now & I wish the team every success in the future.”
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Skelton may be brought back for the Wallabies so that would be the only reason that may hinder Wilson. Easily the form, most skilful and game IQ of any Oz 8. Valentini’s best and favourite position is 6, but lineouts may be an issue with Skelton, Valentini and Wilson. Will be interesting what Schmidt goes for but for me Wilson should be picked on form. Schmidt rewards work rate, skill and consistency. All that glitters every so often won’t be in contention. Greely is one of those players that has a knack of making the right decision. A coach is going to love him because he knows week in week out he’s going to get the job done. The second try Greely wasn’t the guy who made the initial break it was Flook, Greely was at the bottom of the ruck when Flook was off along the sideline. Greely got up and made the effort to catch up with play but also read the play nicely and hit the pass from Campbell at pace and then held the pass beautifully to Ryan.
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