Ospreys edge out close rivals Leinster

The home side were outscored two tries to one and had to rely on Leinster going down to 13 men to get their one such score – a penalty try in the second half – with their other 14 points all coming from the boot of outside-half Dan Biggar.

Some encouraging line breaks by the Ospreys, who were without 21 players including 12 on international duty, produced a first penalty goal for Biggar after nine minutes before that was cancelled out by an Isikeli Nacewa penalty.

It was a poor period for the home side, who had prop Duncan Jones sin-binned for coming in from the side just after the referee had issued the Ospreys a warning.

And three minutes later Leinster were over for the only try of the half, started and finished by wing Andy Conway who was sent in by Nacewa after some poor defence by the Ospreys.

Back to 15 men, the hosts gradually ate away at Leinster's 10-3 advantage with Biggar putting over penalties on 35 and 39 minutes.

Leinster scored a second try when Richard Fussell mis-timed his slide to collect a ball by his line and Nacewa was on hand to pick and get the ball down.

The match took a dramatic twist when Leinster suffered two sin-binnings in the space of three minutes. Both lock Ed O'Donoghue and outside-half Ian Madigan saw yellow for ruck offences.

With the two-man advantage, the Ospreys pressed and, after a series of five-metre scrums, were awarded a penalty try which Biggar converted to seal the victory.