{"id":534010,"date":"2026-04-16T11:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534010\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:44:07","slug":"kieran-hardy-wales-scrum-half-signs-a-new-ospreys-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534010\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Hardy: Wales scrum-half signs a new Ospreys deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hardy has been competing with fellow Wales scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams for the Ospreys’ number nine jersey, while Luke Davies and Harri Morgan are also on the books.<\/p>\n

“Kieran is a vital asset to our squad, so we’re delighted he has signed a new deal,” said Ospreys head coach Mark Jones.<\/p>\n

“His contributions both on and off the field in have been invaluable for us.<\/p>\n

“We’re blessed with an extremely talented scrum-half group, who all bring different attributes to the table.<\/p>\n

“Each of them share the key characteristics and traits we look for in an Osprey.”<\/p>\n

Ospreys’ future as a professional side has only been guaranteed until June 2027 amid the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) controversial plans<\/a> to cut a men’s professional team.<\/p>\n

Swansea-based Ospreys and Scarlets are expected to compete for a single west Wales licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hardy has been competing with fellow Wales scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams for the Ospreys’ number nine jersey, while Luke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-534010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}