A hose end coupling of the kind comprising a tubular nipple or insert piece which is forced into the interior of the hose and is formed with exterior circumferential ribs to grip the interior wall of the hose and an internally circumferentially ribbed ferrule which is swaged over the tube to compress the hose wall between the ferrule and the insert, an inwardly extending lip on the ferrule engaging in a groove in the insert beyond the end of the hose. Wherein the ribs of the ferrule are in two s...