Edinburgh brush aside Ospreys with 37-10 PRO14 win

By PA

Image: Edinburgh's Blair Kinghorn is tackled by Ospreys' Sam Davies

Edinburgh made it five wins in a row in all competitions with a 37-10 bonus-point win over Ospreys on Saturday evening.

Ospreys had opened brightly and built a 10-3 lead thanks to a try from Dmitri Arhip.

The score was converted by Sam Davies, who added a penalty before Edinburgh clicked and went on to dominate this Guinness PRO14 clash.

A try from Blair Kinghorn, converted by Jason Tovey, who kicked three penalties, left the hosts 16-10 ahead at half-time.

The second-half was all Edinburgh, with further tries from Nathan Fowles and Magnus Bradbury - converted by Tovey.

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Defeat for Ospreys means their win over Dragons last week is now a lone success in a run of nine matches in all competitions.

Image: Edinburgh's Nathan Fowles celebrates his try

Adopting a methodical style and choosing not to kick penalties, Ospreys had trapped Edinburgh in their 22 and eventually prop Dimitri Arhip crossed from close range for fly-half Davies to convert.

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Tovey pulled back three points for the hosts with a penalty but the initiative stayed with Ospreys. However, unable to penetrate the home defence, Davies added a penalty to put his side 10-3 ahead, but that was as good as it got for Ospreys.

Because on the half-hour mark, Edinburgh's backs clicked with Tom Brown linking with man of the match Cornell Du Preez to touch down. Tovey converted.

Ospreys were rocked and had scrum-half Brendon Leonard sin-binned for a high tackle. Tovey kicked two more penalties to make it 16-10 in Edinburgh's favour.

And it was to get better for the home side after the resumption with centre James Johnstone sending scrum-half Fowles under the bar. Tovey converted.

By now, Edinburgh's dominance had trapped Ospreys in their half.

They offered stout resistance before their defence was prised open by a piece of magic from Tovey, who then converted his own try to put Edinburgh 30-10 ahead after an hour.

The closing stages focused on Edinburgh's search for the try bonus-point, which came in the last minute from Bradbury with Tovey converting.

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