The Ospreys claimed a thrilling 27-26 come-from-behind victory over the Cheetahs in PRO14 action at Liberty Stadium on Saturday.
The Cheetahs surged into the lead thanks to tries from Torsten van Jaarsveld and Reniel Hugo. However, Ospreys centre Ashley Beck responded after the break with a score.
Soon after, Nico Lee restored the Cheetahs’ lead but Sam Cross responded in the 54th minute. It looked like Craig Barry’s 57th minute try was going to be the winner.
This was until Ifan Phillips popped up a minute from time to claim a thrilling one-point victory after Sam Davies held his nerve with the conversion.
The scorers:
For Ospreys:
Tries: Beck, Cross, Phillips
Cons: Davies 3
Pens: Davies 2
For Cheetahs:
Tries: Van Jaarsveld, Hugo, Lee, Barry
Cons: Marais 3
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Tom Habberfield (c), 10 Sam Davies, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams 8 Sam Cross, 7 Guy Mercer, 6 Olly Cracknell, 5 James King, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Ma’afu Fia, 19 Alex Jeffries, 20 James Hook, 21 Luke Price, 22 Owen Watkin, 23 Hanno Dirksen
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Craig Barry, 13 Francois Venter (c), 12 Nico Lee, 11 Malcolm Jaer, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Uzair Cassiem, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Justin Basson, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Erich de Jager, 19 Renier Bernardo, 20 Oupa Mohoje, 21 Zee Mkhabela, 22 Fred Zeilinga, 23 Luther Obi
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Assistant referees: Adam Jones (Wales), Dewi Phillips (Wales)
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