FORMER Worcester Warriors Welsh hooer Scott Baldwin has rejoined his old club Ospreys following his departure from Sixways on compassionate grounds.

Baldwin was released early from his contract last month due to an illness within his family and has signed for the Welsh region with immediate effect. 

Baldwin, 33, left the Ospreys in 2019 after a successful decade with the club in which he made 165 appearances, scoring nine tries and has been capped 34 times by Wales.

He then joined Harlequins and was part of the side that lifted the Gallagher Premiership at the end of the 2020/21 season. 

Baldwin signed for Worcester in the summer and made 13 appearances for Warriors in the first half of the season, nine as a starter, before returning to Wales and his family. 

“I am very grateful to the Ospreys for stepping in and offering me the chance to resume my career in Wales. The Ospreys is my home region and I have always been an Ospreys supporter," said Baldwin

“It is where I established myself and I still have good friends at the Ospreys. Having worked with Toby before, I know what he expects and look forward to playing my role within the team and to develop the younger players.

“But my mindset is to be the number one hooker at the Ospreys.  I know no other way and everyone can see the changes at the region and how things have really started to move forward.”