Ospreys coach Jones wants to add a European title to Celtic success

Saturday's 24-16 win at Border Reivers earned the Welsh region their second Celtic crown in three years.

"I'm here until the end of the decade, I'm going to see it out and I'm going to make a success of it," he said.

"Despite what people (in the media) say I'm happy here, they're happy with me and that's the end of that."

Jones has warned the rugby world that his side are going to get better and stronger.

But he said success in the Heineken and EDF Energy Cups were the benchmarks they wanted to be measured by.

"We need to sharpen up next year, we need to move on and be bigger and better," Jones said.

The Ospreys failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup despite losing just once in their pool, away to Stade Francais although the French side did claim a draw at the Liberty Stadium.

Better came in the EDF Energy Cup as the Ospreys reached the final of the Anglo-Welsh competition, only to then lose to Leicester at Twickenham.

This gang of boys - whoever is coaching them in the future - will go on to great things for Wales and for the Ospreys Ospreys coach Lyn Jones

"We're still devastated from the Leicester game, that was a bitter pill for us to swallow, but we've bounced back from that to get some silverware," Jones added.

"These English teams are not as good as the television makes out, the Welsh teams are more than a match for them.

"We came away from France against Stade Francais realising, 'Crikey, we could have won that game', it wasn't a case of turning up for damage limitation.

"Obviously European rugby is something that we are targeting, we are ambitious.

"It's getting the realisation that we are a good enough team to win the European Cup.

"Whether we're good enough next year, or the year after that, we will be good enough eventually.

"Welsh teams have never been successful (won) in it and we want to be that."

Topping the Celtic pile went some way to taking a tangible reward from the season.

But Jones said the building blocks were in place at the region that would ensure a bright future, which he hoped to be in charge of.

"My job is constantly under question from everybody in the world and that comes with the territory. I'm above all that," he said.

"Winning the title is a huge boost and a catalyst to the development of some of our younger players.

"We've got young stars coming through who are going to be great players eventually.

"This gang of boys - whoever is coaching them in the future - will go on to great things, make no bones about it - for Wales and for the Ospreys."

"What we have to realise now is that there's a lot of jealousy, bitterness and envy out there of Ospreys and their ambition, and we make no secret of it.

"This year there's been a lot of criticism - unwarranted, inaccurate - and people have reacted from it.

"But it's pulled us together with the bigger realisation that you have to put up with this sort of... thing."