Ben Cambriani will make his Wales Sevens debut this weekend with coach Richie Pugh hopeful the Ospreys wing can land lucky red in Las Vegas. Cambriani – the son of former Wales rugby league star Adrian – is one of five changes for the tournament which acts as the North American leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series and sees Wales take on Australia in their first match this evening. A standout performer for Wales U18 last season, Cambriani is joined by Ethan Davies as the fly-half returns from injury. Davies was the second-top points scorer in the 2016/17 World Series.

Shaun Edwards insists Alun Wyn Jones is playing the best rugby of his career because he been used so little by the Ospreys this season. The Wales captain – who led his team to victory over England last weekend and in sight of another Grand Slam – has made just eight appearances for his region this season. The 33-year-old will be with Wales for the two matches left of this Six Nations campaign – meaning even if he plays the remaining four matches of the regular Guinness Pro12 programme he would only reach 12 for the season.

Project Reset has been. . err . . . re-set – at least until the start of the 2020-21 season. But the various ideas for the reform of the regional game in Wales have not been shelved, just shuffled along the desk a little. Robin Davey looks at the options and says money, as usual, will trump those quant little considerations like performance or fair play. Those people disturbed and confused by Brexit ought to turn for comparison to domestic rugby in Wales, where the future is at best uncertain and at worst a nightmare. Project Reset – which was supposed to be the new deal between the Welsh Rugby Union and the regions – has yet to be signed. The players are increasingly anxious about their future, contracts can’t be finalised, and nobody knows where they stand.

Allen Clarke has admitted the Ospreys are now relying on others to slip up in order to make the Guinness Pro 14 play-offs. Clarke saw his team lose 8-0 at home to Ulster in Bridgend on Friday night – a result that bunches the teams behind them with games in hand. The defeat has left the region still in third place in Conference A, but Connacht, Cardiff Blues and the Cheetahs are all within just two points, having played a game fewer.

Allen Clarke has admitted his Ospreys team were simply not up to the mark as realistic Welsh interest in the knockout stages of European rugby came to an end. The Ospreys head coach watched his side stumble to a 20-18 home defeat to a Worcester team that showed 13 changes to their regular Gallagher Premiership side. It means the region need a mathematical miracle to make the last eight of the European Challenge Cup, while the Dragons had long since ruled out that possibility.

The Ospreys have been warned to beware the England steamroller when they face Worcester today in their crunch European Challenge Cup clash at the Liberty Stadium. Ben Te’o came off the bench to help the Warriors finally bash down the Ospreys’ defence for a 27-21 victory in the home fixture and containing the Lions centre’s power is likely to be key factor if the region are to keep their knockout hopes alive. Te’o has not played for the Warriors since due to international commitments and being a handed a chance to refresh, so Warriors head coach Rory Duncan is expecting the New Zealand-born player to cause the Ospreys plenty of headaches.

Adam Beard has been given a tentative all-clear after the neck injury suffered by the Wales and Ospreys forward at the weekend. The region have confirmed Beard’s scans were clear after he suffered the problem on Saturday, but he will undergo further examinations. Beard was hurt in the first minute of his side’s Guinness Pro 14 clash against Cardiff Blues at the Liberty Stadium.

Allen Clarke insisted his Ospreys team had dominated the Cardiff Blues as they ended their rivals’ hopes of a derby clean sweep. The Ospreys coach saw his team win 20-11 at the Liberty Stadium – a venue where the Blues have now not won for 14 years – to leave the Blues five points adrift of their opponents in the Guinness Pro14 Conference A table. It brought the Blues’ resurgence to an abrupt halt after their victories over the Scarlets and the Dragons with Clarke claiming it was a reflection of the home team’s control.

John Mulvihill’s true impact on Cardiff Blues this season will be put to the test at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday when his side looks to beat the Ospreys in Swansea for the first time since 22 December, 2005. Thanks to their back-to-back regional derby triumphs over the Dragons and Scarlets, the European Challenge Cup holders will head west once again at the weekend chasing an impressive hat-trick of derby wins in the space of 16 days.

Having binned one unwanted tag, Dragons caretaker coach Ceri Jones is now keen to shed another. Fresh from gaining their first derby victory for four years thanks to their 23-22 win over the Ospreys on Sunday, the Dragons are now aiming to gain their first away victory in the Guinness Pro14 for almost four years to maintain their momentum. That opportunity will come at another Welsh region – the ailing Scarlets – on Saturday, a possible case of waiting for two arrivals for so long they had almost been given up on, when all of a sudden they both arrive at once.

So, how were the first Welsh festive derbies for you? Full of good cheer? A winter warmer to give you a glow right through to the Six Nations? Harri Morgan watched the Ospreys do battle with the Scarlets and was left wondering whether he should have gone shopping instead. As the game got underway at the Liberty, yesterday, I struggled to reconcile the vast number of empty seats with the occasion – or at least my own perception of the occasion. Ok, it wasn’t Boxing Day, but this was, nonetheless the West Wales Christmas derby – not quite the Catalina Wine Mixer of Welsh Rugby days – but it’s up there. The festive games have come to be the last bastion of the rivalries that once were, or at least so I am told.

Luke Morgan insists he has no regrets he spent so long in Sevens rugby – even though he’s ripping it up in the full form of the game. Morgan added to his growing reputation with a true predator’s match-winning try for the Ospreys in their festive derby victory over the Scarlets on Saturday. The 26-year-old – who made his Wales debut against Scotland last month – outpaced Tom Prydie to touch down for the only try of the game as the home side claimed a 19-12 victory at the Liberty Stadium.