02/11/2010 - 18:28:26
Wales star James Hook will leave the Ospreys at the end of this season.

Hook has given the Ospreys formal notice that he will not be accepting the offer of a new contract with them.

After months of negotiations, the Ospreys had set British and Irish Lions centre Hook a deadline of today to inform them of his future plans.

Hook says he will make a decision on where his future lies in February, but French club Perpignan – whose past players include New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter – are red-hot favourites to sign him.