Biggar better for Ospreys
Dan Biggar was on target on Saturday night when Ospreys eased to a 37-6 Magners League victory against Glasgow at the Liberty Stadium.
Last Updated: 05/03/11 8:20pm
Dan Biggar was on target on Saturday night when Ospreys eased to a 37-6 Magners League victory against Glasgow at the Liberty Stadium.
The Welsh region scored five unanswered tries as they reclaimed second place in the table and also followed up their win over Connacht the previous weekend with another bonus-point success.
Fly-half Biggar crossed after the defending champions had taken the lead with an early penalty try and he scored 17 points in all.
Ospreys, who were missing a total of 17 players either on international duty or the injury list, then extended their lead in the second half when Tom Smith, Ashley Beck and Jerry Collins all scored.
Glasgow were also minus a clutch of Scotland players but were able to name the same side which drew with the Dragons last week.
Ospreys more than edged the opening quarter - their dominance owing much to both a big scrum and some lively players behind such as man-of-the-match scrum-half Rhys Webb and centres Beck and Sonny Parker.
Dominant
The home pack was so dominant that they had earned a penalty try on only eight minutes after Glasgow had infringed at three consecutive five-metre scrums.
Biggar kicked a drop goal for 10-0 before the fly-half himself sidestepped his way over after an incisive break by Webb.
The Warriors came back with two Duncan Weir penalties in the space of as many minutes and they should have had two tries before the interval.
Wing DTH van der Merwe and centre Peter Murchie both got over the line but each failed to ground the ball thanks to the respective efforts of Beck and Hanno Dirksen.
The Ospreys were 17-6 up at half time and went further ahead just six minutes into the second period when a series of phases culminated with Webb putting flanker Smith over.
Biggar kicked his first penalty five minutes later to take the Ospreys' lead to 21 points.
They were given a further lift when Lions prop Adam Jones came on for the final 21 minutes for his first rugby since injuring his elbow in a Heineken Cup match against London Irish two months ago.
The home side finished on a high, bringing up the bonus point with a length-of-the-field try started by replacement wing Tom Isaacs and finished off by Beck.
A drive from a line-out saw replacement number eight Jerry Collins then go over for the fifth try three minutes from time.
