Duncan Jones (groin) and Bowe (hamstring) were taken off as precautions ahead of the Heineken Cup, Jones' injury thought to be the most worrying.
Designer Kim Jones was channeling America's Cup mariners as much as the Riviera's reclining classes, if not more.
"Mark is a consummate professional and will bring us solidity at centre during a World Cup year, " Jones added.
Jones' adversary at the World Cup, Clive Woodward, has since been knighted and left the England side to focus on managing the Lions in New Zealand next year and begin his qualifications for a new coaching career in football.
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Wales's heroic Grand Slam-winning squad was brimming with Ospreys but under Jones's guidance they suffered Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat at Saracens.
The 2008 FA Cup finalists' reward for Saturday's 4-2 over Leicester City is a trip to Stamford Bridge - and Jones urged his men to make more cup history.
Jones will miss the Scarlets' final Heineken Cup pool games and is a major doubt for Wales' Six Nations campaign.
Manager Andy Jones vividly remembers the moment when their FA Cup dream became a reality and they were drawn out of the hat against the League One side.
Coach Lyn Jones paid the price for the Ospreys' Heineken Cup failure and parted company with the team.
"This win was just another incremental step in our development towards achieving success in the Heineken Cup, " said lock Alun Wyn Jones, one of the Ospreys' try-scorers at Twickenham.
Jones' injury is also a blow for the Ospreys' Heineken Cup ambitions.
Lock Alun Wyn Jones hopes Gatland's honeymoon period will last until the 2011 World Cup.
Robinson is believed to have headed off the likes of South Africa's World Cup-winning coach Jake White and former Australia boss Eddie Jones for the job.
Australian Jones is working as a technical advisor to the Springboks at the World Cup, and is set to work as a consultant at English club Saracens next season.
It has been speculated that coach Lyn Jones' position will be under question after last week's surprise Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat at Saracens and a poor Magners League campaign.
Jones, 31, damaged an elbow in the Ospreys' 24-12 Heineken Cup defeat by London Irish on Sunday.
Jones's record has been criticised but ahead of Saturday's EDF Energy Cup final against Leicester, the under-fire coach insists he "enjoys the pressure".
But despite the excitement, Cardiff boss Dave Jones says his players will stay focused on their ultimate aim of repeating their famous Cup win of 1927.
Jones' only start for the Warriors so far came in the 22-5 EDF Cup win against London Irish in October.
In the meantime, Priestland enhanced his growing reputation during the Scarlets' Heineken Cup pool campaign and is now vying to become 33-year-old Jones' long-term successor in the Wales number 10 jersey.
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The 27-year-old puts his dramatic improvement down to hard work under Ospreys head coach Jones and assistant Holley after former coach Gareth Jenkins left him out of Wales' World Cup squad.
Ghana's failure to qualify for the Nations Cup was aggravated by the qualification of Benin under the guidance of former national manager Jones Attuquayefio.
That has left Jones to assemble a squad on a comparative shoe-string budget, making their march to the Cup final all the more impressive.
But Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones is confident both that his side can become just the eighth Welsh team to win a Heineken Cup match in France and that they can progress through their murderous group.
Jones, who had been in charge since the Ospreys' inception in 2003, won the EDF Energy Cup this season and has brought two Magners League titles to Swansea.
Having lost last week's League Cup semi-final, Well were keen to avoid another tournament exit and went ahead when Steve Jones scrambled home.
Jones will have his fingers crossed that his striking options are not limited any further, as Warren Feeney is cup-tied and Robbie Fowler remains on the long-term injury list.
His rapid progress means that Wales have a crop of locks - including Alun Wyn Jones, Ian Evans and Luke Charteris - in their mid-20s who should be peaking come the 2011 World Cup.
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