Ospreys hit the heights
Ospreys sealed their first win of the season with a convincing five-tries-to-one victory over Benetton Treviso.
Last Updated: 10/09/10 9:36pm
Ospreys sealed their first win of the new Magners League campaign with a convincing five-tries-to-one victory over Benetton Treviso.
The champions' bonus-point win was secured with tries for Lee Byrne, Nikki Walker, Andrew Bishop, Jonathan Thomas and Shane Williams.
Benetton scored a late converted try from full-back Brendan Williams, with scrum-half Tobie Botes providing 11 points with the boot.
After scoring two tries in the opening 13 minutes, the Ospreys looked well on course for a comfortable victory, before being pegged back to 15-9 at the interval.
The Ospreys were set on their way with a fifth-minute try for Byrne after a break by scrum-half Jamie Nutbrown.
After Botes put the Italian champions on the scoreboard with a penalty but three minutes later the Ospreys found themselves halfway to a try bonus point when wing
Walker cruised in down the right after a neat passing move involving Dan Biggar, Bishop and Byrne.
After that, however, the Ospreys - who were without 16 injured and rested players - rather lost their way as Botes converted two out of three penalty attempts during the second quarter.
They soon made up for it at the start of the second period as they took less than nine minutes to seal the bonus point.
Purpose
The home side came out after half-time with a renewed purpose to their game. They put the ball through the hands before Bishop raced through a gap to score his team's third try.
And seven minutes later a forward drive saw man of the match Jonathan Thomas emerge after scoring his side's fourth effort.
Benetton did not help their cause when wing Tommaso Benvenuti was sin-binned for a professional foul and with the extra man Williams went in for the Ospreys' fifth try on 73 minutes.
