Ospreys are edged out by Montpellier
Ospreys paid the price for too many mistakes as they were edged out 31-26 by Montpellier in Bridgend.
The French side drew first blood through flanker Alex Masibaka, before Ospreys responded with a fine try from Owen Watkin.
But Montpellier went back ahead after a poor Ospreys kick, with Jules Ducros eventually going over, and another error from Jack Walsh allowed Masibaka in for his second.
Lewis Lloyd burst through to reduce the arrears to seven at half-time, and the hosts were level when hooker Lloyd crossed again early in the second half.
They clinched a bonus point when Ross Moriarty raced down the left for try number five, but Walsh missed the conversion so Wilfrid Hounkpatin’s score put Montpellier back into the lead before Leo Coly’s late penalty sealed the victory.
Both teams were already through to the last 16 but the defeat saw Ospreys slip to fourth in the pool.
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Ospreys blew it, again. Too many schoolboy errors. You can see where Wales gets it from. When you gain a penalty or advantage , don’t kick it immediately, take a moment to think, which requires you to stop briefly, look forward, pick a part of the field that gives your team the best spot to either take a lineout or push them further away from the danger area, then kick. Did they? No. Sadly poor decision making. Wayward passing resulting in interception tries. And at one point when the Ospreys were leading Montpellier and touching distance from winning. What did… Read more »
Same problem prevalent in all 4 Welsh regions. I feel sorry for the region that will miss the cut because they are all underperforming by quite a margin. Skills, awareness, fitness/endurance are in deficit among so many of the players and as you say it’s no surprise that the national team is infected by the same malaise.