The Ospreys left it to the death to snatch an opening Anglo Welsh LV Cup 33-27 victory over Gloucester at the Liberty Stadium on Friday.
As the match drew to a close the Ospreys were leading 26-13 but then Dan Murphy scored and Gloucester were awarded a penalty and with the conversion had a one point lead.
However the Ospreys drove over the line in almost the final act of the match and Morgan Allen scored the match winning try.
Final Score Ospreys 33 (15) Gloucester 27 (13)
Scorers
Ospreys
Tries: Grabham, Allen
Penalties: Morgan 4, Davies
Conversions: Davies
Drop-goals: Morgan 2
Gloucester
Tries: Thomas, Murphy
Penalties: Burns 2
Conversions: Burns, Robson 2
Teams
Ospreys
15 Ross Jones,14 Tom Grabham,13 Ben John,12 Jonathan Spratt,11 Will Price,10 Matthew Morgan,9 Rhys Webb,8 Morgan Allen,7 Sam Lewis (Capt) ,6 George Stowers,5 James King,4 Lloyd Peers,3 Joe Rees,2 Matthew Dwyer,1 Marc Thomas
Replacements :16 Scott Otten,17 Nicky Smith,18 Nicky Thomas,19 Rhodri Hughes,20 Arthur Ellis,21 Tom Habberfield,22 Sam Davies,23 Nathan Edwards
Gloucester
Martyn Thomas; Shane Monahan, Drew Locke, Tim Molenaar, Ian Clark; Tim Taylor, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Tommaso d’Apice, Dario Chistolini; Elliott Stooke, Will Graulich; Ross Moriarty, Matt Cox, Peter Buxton (capt)
Replacements:Koree Britton, Dan Murphy, Tom Heard, Ed King, Ben Sparks, Dave Lewis, Billy Burns, Steph Reynolds
