THE NEATH SWANSEA Ospreys have moved into the top four places of the RaboDirect Pro12 after a convincing 33-12 win at home to the Cardiff Blues tonight.
The result sees the Ospreys continue to hold the Indian sign over the now depleted Blues as it is seven years since the capital’s club won the fixture.
even the most ardent of visiting supporters at the Liberty Stadium would have predicted anything other than a comfortable home win after a jame King try and eight points from fly-half Matthew Morgan had built a 13 point lead for the hosts by the 25th minute.
Two efforts from Ceri Sweeney would bring the deficit back to 16-6 at half time, but almost immediately from the restart, the reigning champions struck the killer blow.
Winger Ross Jones’ weighted a cross-field kick beautifully to Richard Fussell and the fullback crossed into the corner.
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Ospreys openside Sam Lewis was sin-binned in between Rhys Patchell penalties to give the Blues a glimmer of hope from 23-12 down.
But the hosts closed out the period with another penalty from Morgan and, as the replacements flooded from the bench, Ospreys reasserted their dominance. Josh Navidi’s game was ended after he cynically slowed the ball down after an Eli Walker break on 76 minutes.
Replacement Morgan Allen did manage to cross the try-line late on, but it was only the champions’ third and they will almost certainly be pushed back down the table tomorrow by both Munster and Leinster.
