Ospreys coach Lyn Jones has left the club by mutual consent.

Jones, has been in charge of the Swansea Ospreys' since their inception in 2003, He won the EDF Energy Cup this season and two Magners League titles.

 

The Ospreys board have stated that Jones' successor will be someone of "worldwide calibre".

 

"Lyn has done an outstanding job in his time as Ospreys coach and, without doubt, has been the most successful coach in Wales since the onset of regional rugby," said Ospreys managing director Roger Blyth.

"He successfully led us through our challenging formative seasons, combining the rugby playing cultures of Neath and Swansea into a new dynamic. "Having achieved so much, we whole-heartedly understand Lyn's desire to leave on a high and seek a new challenge in the next phase of, what I have no doubt, will remain an outstanding career coaching rugby. "Our challenge is now to recruit a coach of worldwide calibre, capable of picking up the reigns from Lyn to drive the region forward and accelerate our development. "We want the right man for the job and we are prepared to look hard and fight hard to get him." Jones himself added: "The last 10 years have been a tremendous time for me personally and professionally, with Neath RFC and the Ospreys. "The region now stands as one of the leading sides in European rugby and that is something that I know everybody involved at the Ospreys is proud of. "I feel it's now time to get my teeth into a new challenge and that it is the best time for a new hand to come in and move the Ospreys to its next level of development."