Ospreys second-row Ian Gough has signed a new contract with the Welsh Region which will see him remain at the Liberty Stadium until the summer of 2014.
Gough has been capped at every age-grade level by Wales and has won 64 senior caps. He has made 86 European appearances during his career, his last coming in the Ospreys' 13 all-draw with Benetton Treviso in Round 2 of the Heineken Cup.
The former Newport Gwent Dragons star will make his 100th appearance for the Ospreys in the PRO12 this weekend and he is looking to push-on after achieving that milestone.
"It's a big achievement however you look at it"he said.
"I'm really pleased to get there. It was only a month or so ago that I was looking at my appearances and realised I was getting pretty close so it's nice to get there. I got to 92 at the Dragons so I fell just short there, which makes it even nicer to complete the century at the Ospreys.
"The next target for me now is to maybe break through the 200 regional appearances barrier at some time this season, and having signed a new contract I want to take it on some way beyond that number.
"It's nice to be in a club where the fellow members are true Ospreys legends. Paul James tops the list on 168, and there a few who've just gone past 150 recently, but everybody there who has gone over 100 are boys who've shown good loyalty to the region."