Keelan cruises in with crucial hat-trick

TEENAGER Keelan Giles scorched over for a hat-trick as Ospreys maintained their blistering start to the Cup.

Had Rob Howley opted to name his Wales squad a week later, then surely teenager Giles would have been included after a sensational treble in Lyon.

Giles finished a team attack for the first, danced through for his second before claiming his third with a near length of the field effort. Sam Parry squeezed over in the final minute for the bonus-point and complete a perfect night for Steve Tandy’s side.

Lyon’s pack tried to ruffle Ospreys feathers, particularly as they dominated the scrum that handed Jacques Louis Potgieter a penalty kick. But the hosts could do little to contain the Ospreys backline that bristled with ambition every time they touched the ball.

Dafydd Howells made the initial break, Josh Matavesi and James King drew in defenders, to hand Giles an easy finish.

Giles, 18, revelled outside Matavesi’s play but his second was all his own work, jinking past two defenders before stepping on the gas. He proved just effective at the other end with a try-saving tackle.

Ospreys defence, spearheaded by Dan Lydiate, Lloyd Ashley and Ollie Cracknell, then set up the third as Giles scooped up a loose ball inside his own 22 and galloped clear.

Matavesi was binned for a high tackle and Curtis Browning got a pushover try before Parry went over late.