Dan Biggar scores 19 points as Ospreys beat Cardiff Blues
Last Updated: 26/04/15 2:45pm
Wales fly-half Dan Biggar stole the show as the Ospreys sent Cardiff Blues crashing to a 31-23 Guinness PRO12 defeat at the Millennium Stadium.
Biggar's sizzling attack and sturdy defence helped the Ospreys come back from a 9-0 deficit to seal a bonus-point win that keeps them in the hunt for a home semi-final.
The stand-off scored a try and kicked 11 points with Dan Evans, Tom Grabham and Ben John also touching down for the Ospreys.
The Blues relied on a try from No 8 Josh Navidi plus four Gareth Anscombe penalties, while Dan Fish grabbed a consolation score with an 80-metre interception try in the final minute.
It all started well for the Blues as the deadly boot of Anscombe gave the Blues a 6-0 lead after 12 minutes, but it took a superb cover tackle from Tom Isaac to deny Eli Walker.
Dan Baker also had a try chalked off after a knock-on from Josh Matavesi, and Anscombe slotted a third penalty on 28 minutes as the Ospreys strayed offside.
The Ospreys hit back just before half-time when Biggar kept up his exceptional first-half to evade Blues tackles and help set a ruck inside the Cardiff 22 that saw Baker feed prop Nicky Smith and, in turn, the front row sent Evans over in the corner, with the Ospreys fly-half converting.
And Ospreys seized the initiative after the break when they ran into a 12-point lead as the Blues defence buckled.
Alun-Wyn Jones scythed past weak defence on half-way before laying the ball to Biggar to surge over, before Grabham finished off a superb move across the backs to receive a scoring pass from Evans on the right wing.
Biggar converted both but the Blues would not lay down and, when Navidi raced through gap to crash under the posts on 58 minutes.
It was, though, a temporary lull for Ospreys as a first Biggar penalty of the day was followed by the best try of the match.
It suitably earned Ospreys the four-try bonus point as John started and finished a move that began on his own 22, went through several hands before flanker Justin Tipuric sent the ball to his centre to run around from the right and go under the posts.
Fish's interception try, which was converted by Anscombe, was mere consolation.
