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Ospreys score six tries to win 38–31 at Dragons

Sam Parry and Morgan Morris scored twice each as Ospreys won 38–31 in the Welsh derby at Rodney Parade.

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Fri 19:45 · Rodney Parade, Newport · United Rugby Championship

Match report

Ospreys beat Dragons 38–31 at Rodney Parade on Friday 9 October, scoring six tries in the United Rugby Championship. Sam Parry and Morgan Morris each scored twice, with Ross Moriarty and Keelan Giles also crossing, and Dan Edwards added four conversions.

How the scoring went

Elliot Dee scored twice for Dragons and Anzelo Tuitavuki added a third try, with Tinus de Beer converting all three. Dragons were also awarded a penalty try at the end of the first half, when Moriarty was sin-binned, and Angus O'Brien kicked a late penalty. Morris scored Ospreys' final two tries in the last eight minutes. The URC match centre records Ospreys with 47% of possession, six tries to four, and 199 tackles to Dragons' 158.

The match in numbers

The numbers

Dragons · Ospreys

4
Tries
6
53%
Possession
47%
54%
Territory
46%
418
Metres gained
400
10
Clean breaks
3
158
Tackles
199
19
Missed tackles
20
4
Turnovers won
7
12
Penalties conceded
11
0
Yellow cards
1

Source: URC match centre

Teams

Rugby team sheets

Dragons

Starting side

  1. 1Rodrigo Martinez Manzano
  2. 2Elliot Dee
  3. 3Rob Hunt
  4. 4Seb Davies
  5. 5Ben Carter
  6. 6Shane Lewis-Hughes
  7. 7Harry Beddall
  8. 8Harrison Keddie
  9. 9Che Hope
  10. 10Tinus de Beer
  11. 11Anzelo Tuitavuki
  12. 12Aneurin Owen
  13. 13Fetuli Paea
  14. 14Rio Dyer
  15. 15Huw Anderson
Replacements (8)
  1. 16Brodie Coghlan
  2. 17Rhodri Jones
  3. 18Chris Coleman
  4. 19Barny Langton-Cryer
  5. 20Sam Scarfe
  6. 21Rhodri Williams
  7. 22Angus O'Brien
  8. 23Fine Inisi

Ospreys

Starting side

  1. 1Gareth Thomas
  2. 2Sam Parry
  3. 3Tom Botha
  4. 4Rhys Davies
  5. 5Ryan Smith
  6. 6Liam Wright
  7. 7Ross Moriarty
  8. 8Morgan Morris
  9. 9Kieran Hardy
  10. 10Dan Edwards
  11. 11Keelan Giles
  12. 12Keiran Williams
  13. 13Evardi Boshoff
  14. 14Marika Koroibete
  15. 15Tom Rogers
Replacements (8)
  1. 16Efan Daniel
  2. 17Steffan Thomas
  3. 18Rhys Henry
  4. 19Lewis Jones
  5. 20Morgan Morse
  6. 21Reuben Morgan-Williams
  7. 22Lawson Creighton
  8. 23Lalakai Foketi

Source: URC match centre

Recent form and next fixtures

Dragons: next 5

  1. HPerpignanEPCR Challenge Cup, Pool 1Fri 16 Oct 20:00
  2. AOspreysUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 24 Oct 19:00
  3. HZebreUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 31 Oct 17:30
  4. AEdinburghUnited Rugby ChampionshipFri 4 Dec 19:45
  5. ACardiff RugbyUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 19 Dec 15:00

Ospreys: next 5

  1. HDragonsUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 24 Oct 19:00
  2. HCardiff RugbyUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 31 Oct 19:45
  3. HLeinsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipFri 4 Dec 19:45
  4. AUlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipFri 18 Dec 19:45
  5. HScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipSat 26 Dec 17:30
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