Ospreys 44 Treviso 17:THE OSPREYS kept alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup with a six-try romp against Treviso at the Liberty Stadium.
The hosts had secured the bonus point after just six minutes of the second half as a penalty try added to Ashley Beck’s first-half brace and Tommy Bowe’s interception score, with replacement Kahn Fotuali’i and a second penalty try completing the scoring as outhalf Dan Biggar kicked 12 points.
Ospreys are likely to need a bonus-point win in Biarritz in their final game, and other results to go their way, to progress.
OSPREYS: B. Davies, Bowe, Bishop, Beck, Williams, Biggar, Webb, James, Hibbard, A. Jones, Gough, Evans, Smith, Tipuric, Bearman. Replacements: Isaacs for Bowe (72), Morgan for Biggar (61), Fotuali’i for Webb (61), Bevington for James (46), Bennett for Hibbard (47), Jarvis for A. Jones (55), O’Toole for Gough (70), J. Thomas for Bearman (52). Scorers – Tries: Bowe, Beck 2, Penalty 2, Fotuali’i. Cons: Biggar 3, Morgan. Pens: Biggar 2.
TREVISO: Williams, Nitoglia, Sgarbi, Pratichetti, Iannone, Burton, Gori, Rizzo, Sbaraglini, Cittadini, Padro, Bernabo, Derbyshire, Zanni, Filippucci. Replacements: Semenzato for Pratichetti (53), Botes for Burton (44), van Zyl for Gori (77), Allori for Rizzo (44), Rouyet for Cittadini (44), Vermaak for Derbyshire (16), Picone for Filippucci (64). Scorers – Tries: Gori, Padro. Cons: Burton, Botes. Pens: Burton.
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU).
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