RUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: Ospreys 9 Glasgow 9OUTHALVES Gareth Owen and Dan Parks swapped three penalties apiece as the Ospreys and Glasgow fought out a tame Magners League draw at the Liberty Stadium last night.

The Ospreys led either side of the interval, but two Parks penalties earned Glasgow a draw which takes them to second behind Ulster on points difference.

There was a late change to the Ospreys line-up when Marty Holah pulled a hamstring in the warm-up and was replaced by Steve Tandy.

It was another personnel problem for the Ospreys, who were already without 10 players on international duty and another 13 on the casualty list.

Glasgow had two early encouraging chances for a try but both times they failed to get the ball out to the left wing quickly enough.

A feature of the Ospreys’ early play was their offensive tackling, in particular Richard Hibbard and captain for the night Ian Gough.

They were given some real go forward by fullback and man of the match Barry Davies, who many thought should have been selected by Wales especially as there is no specialist number 15 in the party.

It was the Welsh region who went into the lead with a penalty for Owen on 14 minutes, a kick which was cancelled out by Parks seven minutes later.

Owen put the Ospreys into a 6-3 lead – which they were to hold until half-time – with a second penalty on 28 minutes.

There were more injury worries for the Ospreys when Filo Tiatia and Nikki Walker were involved in a sickening clash of heads. Walker, named in the Scotland squad, needed treatment for a cut under his eye.

Shortly before the interval the Ospreys had two opportunities at scoring tries.

First scrumhalf Liam Davies made a break but was hauled down just short by wing Colin Shaw.

Then the television match official, Nigel Whitehouse, ruled out a try after a pile-up on the tryline.

At the start of the second half Owen and Parks swapped penalties as referee Peter Fitzgibbon officiated the ruck area with an iron fist.

But it was from a scrum the Ospreys were penalised, which allowed Parks to kick his third penalty and draw the scores level on 69 minutes.

Owen had a chance to regain the Ospreys the lead but missed his penalty shot two minutes later.

Then – in the final 90 seconds with the rain teaming down – Owen missed a drop goal.

OSPREYS: B Davies; Bowe, Parker, Bishop, Walker; Owen, L Davies; Bevington, Hibbard, Griffiths, Gough, Tiata, Collins, Tandy, Smith. Replacements: N Thomas for Walker (38 mins), Wells for L Davies (69 mins).

GLASGOW: Stortoni; Shaw, M Evans, Morrison, T Evans; Parks, Cusiter; Welsh, Hall, Low, Gray, Kellock, Brown, Barclay, Beattie. Replacements: Vernon for Beattie (56 mins), Turner for Kellock (57 mins), McMillan for Cusiter, Tkachuk for Welsh (both 60 mins), Gregor for Stortoni (66 mins), Thomson for Hall (69 mins), O'Hare for Shaw (74 mins).

Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland).