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Ospreys have issued an apology to rival Welsh area Scarlets and their new funding companions after an embarrassing incident at a latest fan engagement night.
The Swansea-based area confirmed that in the course of the Q&A portion of a supporters’ occasion on 23 September, a query submitted by way of a reside app — “Are HOL con males?” — was briefly displayed on the venue’s massive display screen.
HOL refers back to the Home of Luxurious Group LLC, the US-based luxurious asset company that introduced in August its intention to accumulate a 55 per cent controlling stake in Scarlets. The deal, hailed as a landmark second for Welsh regional rugby, has been billed as bringing speedy monetary stability to the Llanelli membership.
Nonetheless, the Ospreys have now apologised after images from the night – with the offending query seen within the background – have been shared on their social media channels.
Ospreys problem assertion. pic.twitter.com/BjMLuYM4m9
— Ospreys (@ospreys) October 11, 2025
As Ospreys assertion reads: “On Tuesday 23 September 2025 we held a fan engagement night.
“To handle the Q&A, we used an app which permits attendees to pose questions. One viewers member posed the query ‘Are HOL con males?’ which briefly appeared on a big display screen on the stage. Pictures of the night with this query seen within the background have been subsequently revealed on our social media channels.
“We apologise to the Home of Luxurious Group for the misery and upset brought on by the publication of those images, to the Home of Luxurious Group Board, and people related with the corporate.”
The apology comes a few months after Scarlets introduced what they described as a “new period” for the membership by way of their partnership with Home of Luxurious, which has assumed operational management and monetary liabilities whereas working towards a full fairness transaction.
The deal, led by former WRU and NZRU chief government David Moffett, contains outstanding figures corresponding to former Wales fly-half Dan Biggar and NZ Rugby strategist Leanne Batts. HOL has pledged to “rework” Scarlets right into a group and industrial hub whereas safeguarding the membership’s heritage and west Wales id.
The timing of the Ospreys’ incident is awkward, coming amid ongoing uncertainty over the way forward for Wales’ 4 skilled areas. The Welsh Rugby Union remains to be contemplating a proposal that might see the variety of skilled sides lowered to 2 post-2027.
