Wales’ international lock, who has won 66 Test caps and captained his country, made his Ospreys debut in 2016. Davies, 33, is a highly respected senior professional at the Ospreys and is the latest player to re-sign at the Liberty Stadium during this campaign.
His re-signing follows on from the appointment of Toby Booth, as the new Head Coach of the Ospreys and the re-signing of Ospreys captain and Wales and Lions flanker Justin Tipuric last week. He has agreed to take on a mentoring role of younger players in the Ospreys squad and already plays a key role in the regions lineout strategy.
“I still feel I have a lot to offer as a player but I know my job here now is more than rugby and that is mentoring the younger boys, helping them develop and passing on my experiences to them,” said Davies. “I was lucky to have senior pros, like Rob Sidoli, Deiniol Jones and Paul Tito, do that for me when I was a young player and I feel I have a duty to the boys coming through because I was helped so much when I started.
“I remember the players who sat me down after training and talked about tactics, the mental side of the game, and the physical side of the game; just everything that helps you succeed as a professional rugby player. While I know my role is about helping the next generation of Ospreys locks, like Will Griffiths and Adam Beard, I still have a job to do on the field and that is getting the Ospreys back to where we belong.
“The Ospreys were always the leading Welsh region and most successful and we need to get back up there. We have had a blip but the Ospreys were always the side winning trophies and being up there.” Davies is the latest player to sign a new contract at the Ospreys, following on from centre Owen Watkin, lock Adam Beard, wing Keelan Giles, fullback Cai Evans and props Tom Botha and Rhodri Jones.
They are joined by new signings scrum half Rhys Webb and fullback Mat Protheroe. “Brad is one of the games great characters, as I’m sure many of our supporters will know from the referee’s mic,” said Rugby General Manager Griffiths.
“But there is far more to Brad than just his sense of humour, he is an excellent professional who really thrives on hard work and is always on top of both his physical and tactical preparation. Brad brings a huge amount of experience and detail to our lineout and takes a leading role in the preparation of the team to perform.
“It’s this attention to detail, alongside his physicality and competitiveness that have kept him at the top of the game for such a long period of time.”
