Rugby:Gavin Henson has told the Ospreys he will return to active training and playing in the off-season in July.
Henson has been on unpaid leave from the Ospreys this season, taking time off to recover from a string of injuries and a bout of depression following the ankle injury that cost him a probable place on the British and Irish Lions tour last June.
There had been speculation he would never return, but Ospreys chairman Mike Cuddy said: "Gavin has been honest with me all along.
"He has told me he will be back next season and playing before the end of the year. All the injuries, especially the prolonged ones over his groin and Achilles tendon, got him down. He took a break and now he's feeling all the better for it."