Here are the latest rugby headlines on Sunday, March 30. Peel lavishes praise on veteran star Dwayne Peel paid tribute to retired Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies who rolled back the years to put in a superb individual performance as the Scarlets claimed a stunning 38-22 victory over the Ospreys. The 34-year-old has retired from international rugby but has been playing well for the Scarlets this season and was influential in downing the Ospreys. "Six, I think!," joked Peel when asked how many seasons Davies has left in him. "I think when you get to that age you've just got to enjoy your rugby. You take it year by year. "I was done by 34 and I didn't have any appetite to play further but he's obviously chomping at the bit. He's ultra competitive, even now. "He hates it when someone gets the better of him in training. For us it's great to have that spirit. "He's shown over the years that he's a competitor. He's not playing international rugby now and the Scarlets has meant a lot to him throughout his career. "That's all he's concentrating on now. Having those international breaks is huge for him because it gives him time to recuperate and recover. "He's doing a good job for us." The Scarlets' bonus point victory over their arch rivals leaves them in 11th place - three points off the United Rugby Championship play-off places with four games remaining. And Peel says they need at least two victories to stand any chance of squeezing into the last eight. "There's a lot of work to do," he said. "We've got four games left. We probably need to win two of them, if not three. "Sides are going to take points off each other. I think all we can do is work on the next game and see where we are towards the last couple of games. "We've got the Dragons away in the Principality Stadium in a couple of weeks and Leinster come here in a couple of weeks which will be a huge occasion again, I'm sure." Jones defends Ospreys selection policy after Scarlets defeat Mark Jones has defended his decision to leave out a handful of key players for Saturday's defeat to the Scarlets in Llanelli. The likes of Justin Tipuric, Daniel Kasende and Jack Walsh were left out of the 23, while Wales hooker Dewi Lake, South African tighthead Tom Botha and powerful second-row Rhys Davies had to make do with places on the replacements bench. But Jones insists this was not the reason for his side's defeat at Parc y Scarlets. "We selected today's team based on how we want to finish the season," he said. "We know there's a lot of games left potentially in both competitions depending on how your results go. "We know the players who started today have been low on minutes and low on opportunity. What we didn't want to do is get into a position where you go into the last two or three games needing a win and then you get a glut of injuries and guys just haven't had minutes under their belt. "They've been training well. I thought to start the game they were really really good. I thought the cohesion was good. "I don't think selection had anything to do with it. I think the cards had a lot to do with it and I think the injuries towards the end of the game we had to take certain personnel off and things got difficult. "I don't think the selection was an issue. I thought we started the game really well and I thought it was our adapting to the game which cost us today." Jones did reveal both Tipuric and in-form centre Keiran Williams will be available for next Sunday's Challenge Cup round of 16 tie with the Scarlets at the Swansea.com Stadium. "It will help us in terms of the experience of those players and the quality of them but we've still got to make sure our on field decision making is good and tactical awareness around the game itself," said the former Wales wing. "You can select whatever team you want but you need to have those wares about you and that will be where we spend our time around our decision making and what we do during big moments in the game." 'We're playing the world's best' Wales Women's coach Sean Lynn has called for perspective after Wales' 67-12 thrashing against England at the Principality Stadium. Lynn’s second game at the helm proved a difficult one following a narrow defeat against Scotland seven days earlier. “You are playing against the world’s best,” Lynn said. “Not many sides in the world can have 13 changes, and full respect to England for coming here with a full-strength squad. “I thought our attack worked really well. It is about keeping believing, keeping moving forward and we are all in this together.” Welsh clubs post significant financial losses The Ospreys and the Scarlets have posted financial losses of of more than £2m. The results for the year end June 2024 saw the Scarlets post a loss of £2.59m. which was down from £2.91m the previous year. Down the road in Swansea the Ospreys recorded a £2.18m loss, which was up on the previous year's figure of £2.15m. The Ospreys claim their move to St Helen's later this year will put them in a much stronger financial position. But their turnover dropped by 15% from £11.59m to £9.78m. There was also a 20% drop in direct funding from the Welsh Rugby Union from £6.99m to £5.54m, as well as a reduction in competition income to £1.93m compared to the £2.3m earned in the 22/23 season. "The move to our own stadium will significantly increase our revenue opportunities, especially in the areas of sponsorship, ticketing hospitality and non-match day activities. This will drive us closer to our aim of financial stability," Ospreys stated in the accounts. The Ospreys also owe £3.3m in loans but the majority of it is owed to the WRU which they have to pay back over a 19 year period. Over in Llanelli the Scarlets' borrowings are over £10m, including £7.955m owed to the WRU and £2.6m to Carmarthenshire County Council – the latter having been granted a 15-year extension last year. Turnover dropped from £12.79m to £11.34m, while competition income and ticketing also fell. "We have worked the with the WRU on a new funding agreement that will relieve the regional clubs of a substantial portion of the Covid-related debt that has previously burdened us, alongside a more sustainable funding model that provides greater long-term financial certainty," said Scarlets chairman Simon Muderack.