After Lezana was penalized for a dangerous tackle.Sione Kalamafoni and Johnny McNicholl scored tries for the Scarlets in response.preys had only Alex Cuthbert, Luke Morgan, Rhys Webb, Sam Parry, and Keiran Williams scored tries for the Ospreys won the league once this season.
In Swansea, a crowd of 11,480, flanker Jac Morgan was named player of the match for an outstanding performance against his former team. Webb impressed once more as he tries to be called back to Wales.
Ospreys are now 13th in the URC standings as a result of the victory, while Scarlets are still 15th, only Zebre is below them.
Scarlets need consistency on head crashes
The two groups had come into the game with just a single win in the URC up to this point this season however on the rear of triumphs in European contest.
Additionally, they were both forced to make late changes. Ospreys brought in a new front row of Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, and Tomas Francis following their Champions Cup victory over French champions Montpellier. Morgan was also included.
The home team suffered a late setback when captain Justin Tipuric left. Ethan Roots took his place, and Webb took over as leader.
The Scarlets’ only initial addition was captain Jonathan Davies, who took the place of center Scott Williams in the team that lost to the Cheetahs in the Challenge Cup.
However, a late change occurred after lock Sam Lousi resigned following the birth of his child.
This necessitated a late reshuffle, with Josh Macleod starting at number eight and Kalamafoni moving up to the second row.
Lezana made his debut, but he didn’t stay on the field for long after receiving a red card for a high tackle on Rhys Davies during a head-on collision.
Davies was constrained off the field briefly, supplanted by Alun Wyn Jones, prior to returning.
Cuthbert, a Wales wing, scored a well-worked try for the home team.
The Ospreys’ scrum was overwhelming a Scarlets pack that was feeling the loss of an expert forward following Lezana’s flight.
Because of this, the visitors had to replace wing Steff Evans with second row Tom Price.
Owen Williams scored the try, which Ospreys took advantage of by sliding wing Morgan over in the left corner where Evans would have been defending.
Due to the replacement of Will GriffJohn by prop Javan Sebastian, the Scarlets were forced to cause additional disruption.
Morgan almost scored a fantastic try on his own, but the Ospreys wing was stopped by an excellent covering tackle from Scarlets lock Vae’a Fifita because he didn’t pass.
When Williams was shown a ye, the Ospreys were reduced to 14 men for a short time.
Because he considered it to be a passive tackle and determined that Costelow stepped into the tackle, referee Craig Evans decided that it was not a red card.
Kalamafoni moved over to open the Scarlets account after the numbers of players had evened out, and Rhys Patchell, who had taken his place, converted.