"They had been engaged in the process from 18 months to two years of discussion with government and management and now, suddenly, they present memoranda and say you have got 14 days to come to an agreement with our demands otherwise we are going to go out on strike, " Ian Phillips, a special adviser to Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe, told the BBC's World Business Report.

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The Ospreys also have Andrew Bishop, Dan Biggar, Tom Prydie, Kristian Phillips and Ian Gough available to face Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Sunday.

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"I'll keep signing him till he's nearly 50 or 60 if he keeps putting the ball in the net, " Palace manager Ian Holloway said of Phillips.

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