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Glasgow Warriors 16-26 Ospreys

Glasgow (16) 16
Tries: McCall. Cons: Parks. Pens: Parks 2. DG: Parks.
Ospreys (6) 26
Tries: Bowe, Walker. Cons: Biggar 2. Pens: Biggar 3. DG: Biggar.

Wing Tommy Bowe carried on his fine Lions form for the Ospreys
A superb individual try from Tommy Bowe sparked a come-from-behind win for the Ospreys at Glasgow on Friday night.
Glasgow held a 16-6 lead at half-time thanks to Dave McCall's try and the kicking of fly-half Dan Parks.
But Bowe's trickery and pace, a powerful try from fellow wing Nikki Walker and 13 points from Dan Biggar's boot saw Ospreys rack up the points.
Glasgow looked for a way back into the game but Ospreys captain Ryan Jones marshalled his defence magnificently.
Typically of the way the Ospreys have started the season - an opening win at Connacht followed by lacklustre home defeats to Ulster and Leinster - they gifted their opponents early points at the start of the match.
Tom Smith spilled the kick-off and the Ospreys then dropped the defensive scrum, allowing Glasgow fly-half Parks an easy penalty chance that he scuffed but sent over.
Then from the next Glasgow attack Steve Tandy put in a good tackle but the openside was then slow to roll away and Parks doubled Glasgow's lead.

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The Ospreys hit back when Biggar aborted a set move because of painfully slow ball and the fly-half took the sensible option of knocking over a drop-goal instead.
Parks tried to reply in kind but was unfortunate that his steepling kick was judged to have veered just wide of the right post.
Ospreys lost flanker Tandy early to injury but were able to call on former New Zealand back-row Jerry Collins from the bench.
Glasgow were still looking the more composed side but the Ospreys were able to cut down the mistakes and make some territorial inroads, allowing Biggar to kick a penalty to level the scores 6-6.
But a line-busting run by wing Rob Dewey drove Glasgow to within a sniff of the Welsh line and Parks' cross-kick was batted back by Kelly Brown for McCall to score.
Parks converted the difficult kick from near the right touchline and then flashed over a drop-goal to underline Glasgow's first-half superiority and a 16-6 lead.
Biggar cut the deficit with his second penalty soon after the restart, but the Ospreys then lost centre Sonny Parker to the sin bin for a shoulder charge.
That perversely sparked a purple patch for the visitors who reeled off 17 points in quick succession.
The romp was sparked by a fine solo try from Bowe, the Lions and Ireland wing showing the ball to entice the Glasgow defence out of alignment and then taking Parks on the outside shoulder.
Biggar continued his excellent kicking display with the extras and a penalty for good measure, then adding another conversion when Walker went over.
The Ospreys' Scotland wing arrived off the bench - appearing in place of Parker once the yellow card had wound down - and promptly barged through McCall and Dewey to score.
The pace of Thom Evans chasing a deep kick put enough pressure on Opsreys full-back Lee Byrne to fluff his clearance.
But Glasgow failed to capitalise on the attacking opportunity gifted to them and the Ospreys controlled the ball to run down the clock and claim their second win of the season.
Ospreys coach Sean Holley:
"The character the players showed was probably the most pleasing, obviously they've taken a bit of stick but they've stuck at it all week.
"Clearly we've got a lot of talent, we're working on some new things, we saw it come to fruition a bit more tonight and I think as the season grows we'll hopefully get better and better.
"We want to attack as much as we can with the players we've got in large numbers, using backs and forwards and we saw a bit more of that tonight and got our rewards."
Glasgow: Bernardo Stortoni; Rob Dewey, Dave McCall, Graeme Morrison, Thom Evans; Dan Parks, Chris Cusiter; Jon Welsh, Dougie Hall, Moray Low, Tim Barker, Alastair Kellock (capt), Kelly Brown, John Barclay, Johnnie Beattie.
Replacements: Fergus Thomson, Kevin Tkachuk, Dan Turner, Richie Vernon, Mark McMillan, Colin Gregor, Hefin O'Hare.
Ospreys: Lee Byrne; Tommy Bowe, Sonny Parker, James Hook, Shane Williams; Dan Biggar, Mike Phillips; Paul James, Huw Bennett, Craig Mitchell, Alun Wyn Jones, Andy Lloyd, Tom Smith, Steve Tandy, Ryan Jones (capt).
Replacements: Richard Hibbard, Duncan Jones, Ian Evans, Jerry Collins, Jamie Nutbrown, Gareth Owen, Nikki Walker.

This article was posted on 25-Sep-2009, 20:54 by Hugh Barrow.