Ospreys ease into final

The Ospreys clinched their place in the Magners League Grand Final with a convincing 20-5 win over Glasgow at the Liberty Stadium.

Shane Williams and James Hook both touched down, as the Welsh region booked a showdown with either Munster or Leinster in the final on May 29.

Glasgow remain winless on Ospreys turf and were not helped by the fact that Dan Parks missed eight points' worth of kicks - failing with two penalties and the conversion for Fergus Thomson's second-half try.

The Ospreys went into the game weighed down by a £100,000 fine and a four-point deduction for next season after breaching Magners rules for not fulfilling their March 19 fixture in Ulster.

However, they put their off-field problems behind them as they hit the front on 10 minutes. Glasgow knocked on in contact on the halfway line, Shane Williams picked up, evaded a tackle and ran in unopposed for only his third regional try of the season - although there was a suspicion the winger had stepped into touch as he burst clear.

Parks had the chance to reduce the arrears but missed with long range penalty efforts on 14 and 34 minutes.

The only other try-scoring chance of the half came in injury time when Andrew Bishop charged down a Parks kick, but the Ospreys centre knocked on just five metres short as he tried to gather the ball.

The second half started in dramatic fashion with Glasgow scoring a try in only the second minute. Hooker Thomson went over in the left corner after scrum-half Mark McMillan had picked up a loose palm down at a line-out from Ryan Jones.

But in the space of three minutes the Ospreys were back in control of the

contest leading 17-5 - a Biggar penalty was followed by a fine try from James

Hook, who made a purposeful break down the left before chipping over the cover defence to regather and touch down.

After that the Ospreys took full control of the game and put some gloss on the

scoreline with an injury-time penalty for Biggar.