Ospreys captain Ryan Jones hailed Shane Williams after his team booked a place in the EDF Energy Cup final.
Skipper praises Wales winger Williams after his brace
Ospreys captain Ryan Jones hailed the "world-class" Shane Williams after his team booked a place in this season's EDF Energy Cup final.
Williams, 2008 RBS Six Nations player of the tournament, scored two brilliant tries as Ospreys crushed semi-final opponents Saracens 30-3 at the Millennium Stadium.
It followed his crucial score when Wales clinched the Grand Slam by beating France in Cardiff seven days previously.
"Shane is world-class," Jones said. "Shaun Edwards (Wales defence coach) calls him a predator, which is a perfect description.
"When Shane gets just half-a-chance, he jumps on it."
Team spirit
Jones, Williams and several of their fellow Grand Slam stars made a victorious Millennium Stadium return as the Ospreys booked their second successive EDF final appearance against English heavyweights Leicester.
But they had to work hard before subduing Saracens in a dress rehearsal for April's Heineken Cup quarter-final clash between these teams at Vicarage Road.
Man-of-the-match Gavin Henson scored the game's critical try on 50 minutes, before replacement back-row forward Filo Tiatia and Williams killed Saracens off.
Fly-half James Hook added two penalties and two conversions, booking a Twickenham appointment with the Tigers on April 12 and an opportunity to avenge last season's 41-35 defeat.
"We wanted to gel the boys back in after the Six Nations campaign, and that was a success," said a delighted Ospreys boss Lyn Jones.
"We need to push on to the next step now. We lost to Leicester by the narrowest of margins last season, and we have grown from that."
Education
Saracens Director of Rugby Alan Gaffney had no complaints about the Ospreys' emphatic success meanwhile, with his team restricted to a solitary Glen Jackson penalty.
"We didn't need luck - we needed about five extra players on the pitch!" Gaffney said.
"They are a classy team, and we've not experienced such a hammering since I have been at Saracens.
"This will be a huge learning curve for us. Ospreys' pressure was very good, and it put us under the hammer.
"We have got to do a bit of homework, but we believe we can turn it around (in the Heineken Cup). We wouldn't be in the competition otherwise."
