Glasgow make light of missing men to clip Ospreys’ wings

OSPREYS 6 GLASGOW 47

Under-strength Glasgow blitzed Ospreys by seven tries to nil to further secure their lead at the top of the Guinness Pro14’s Conference A with a bonus-point victory at the Liberty Stadium.

The 47-6 away success contained tries from scrum-half George Horne (2), fly-half Adam Hastings – who also kicked six conversions – second-row Scott Cummings, hooker George Turner and replacements Brandon Thomson and Leonardo Sarto.

Fly-half Sam Davies kicked two penalties for the bottom club.

Unbeaten Glasgow were minus 14 players on international duty, meaning they gave two players – Italian number eight Samuela Vunisa and lock Kiran McDonald – playing debuts.

Ospreys were also without 10 internationals but were still able to field six Wales players, including captain Paul James, and had another four on the bench.

A positive Ospreys start was rewarded with a third-minute penalty from Davies 25 metres out, which the outsidehalf slotted between the uprights.

After a frantic start 21-year-old Hastings, son of Scotland legend Gavin, made the most of a couple of missed tackles to go over. He also converted to give the visitors a 7-3 lead in the 14th minute.

Ospreys captain James limped off, to be replaced by Gareth Thomas.

Horne went over from close range, with Hastings adding the extras to make it 14-3 in the 27th minute.

It took Glasgow only five minutes of the second half to move further clear and seal the bonus point. Their third and fourth tries came on 42 and 45 minutes through Cummings and Turner.

Glasgow’s fifth try, in the 55th minute, was Horne’s second and came from wing Lelia Masaga. Hastings converted. The result was never in doubt from that moment but in the final three minutes Thomson and Sarto scored interception tries.

Picture: SNS/SRU. George Horne scored a brace of tries as Glasgow secured a bonus-point victory over the Ospreys.