{"id":585466,"date":"2026-05-15T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/585466\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:44:11","slug":"dan-edwards-wales-fly-half-prepares-for-50th-ospreys-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/585466\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Edwards: Wales fly-half prepares for 50th Ospreys appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Edwards cheekily tossed away a Scarlets cap in his Ospreys re-signing video, following suggestions the fellow Welsh region were chasing his signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He repeated the motion after his 22-point haul helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cm2px3nelljo\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ospreys defeat Scarlets<\/a> in Bridgend last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It was all a bit of banter, we need it,&#8221; said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The game was fun. The main thing was winning and we did that. It was a packed-out Brewery Field and both sets of supporters brought good noise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It was a good atmosphere, there was banter going on in the stands and on the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s what we all want as players and supporters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ospreys cannot qualify for the URC play-offs, so finish the season this weekend when they travel to play Leinster in Dublin in a game that will be Jac Morgan&#8217;s last before he joins Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a great opportunity to go out and enjoy it as a group and send a few boys off on the right note,&#8221; said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is also a milestone match for Edwards as he prepares to play his 50th game for Ospreys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It only feels like yesterday I played my first game so I am looking forward to getting the 50th and hopefully play another 50 as well,&#8221; said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If I didn&#8217;t have the opportunity so young that I had, I wouldn&#8217;t be making 50 appearances for Ospreys or be playing for Wales now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The season does not end there for Edwards, with Wales having four matches this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The uncapped match on 27 June against Barbarians is followed by three Nations Championships matches against Fiji, Argentina and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There&#8217;s good opposition to play and great places to travel, so I&#8217;m looking forward to the summer and getting into Wales camp,&#8221; said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am only 23 and feel ready to go again. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cWe will have a few days off after this weekend and I&#8217;ll be refreshed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edwards cheekily tossed away a Scarlets cap in his Ospreys re-signing video, following suggestions the fellow Welsh region&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-585466","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\/585466","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=585466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}