Ospreys go top as Munster slip
Ospreys surged to the top of the Pro12 with a superb 31-20 home win over Ulster while Munster went down 18-21 away to Glasgow Warriors.
A double by Rhys Webb and tries from Dan Bigger and Hanno Dirksen was enough to see the Welsh outfit claim a bonus point victory which saw them jump from third to first on the log.
Ulster were much improved in the final 15 minutes as Rob Herring and Tommy Bowe went over, but Dirksen got the vital fourth try to extend Ospreys' home record to eight consecutive league wins.
*In Glasgow, the second row combination of Leone Nakarawa and Jonny Gray helped extend Glasgow Warriors' home winning streak in a hard-fought win over Munster.
An attritional first half was book ended by tries from Munster's JJ Hanrahan and Robin Copeland although Finn Russell's three penalties kept Glasgow in touch.
Nakarawa went over early in the second period to narrow the deficit before Hanrahan missed a pair of penalties and Gray crossed with less than ten minutes to go, to give the hosts a hard-earned win.
It stretched the Warriors' winning run at Scotstoun to 13 league matches.
All Saturday's scores and scorers
Glasgow Warriors 21-18 Munster
For Glasgow:
Tries: Nakarawa, Gray
Con: Russell
Pens: Russell 3
For Munster:
Tries: Hanrahan, Copeland
Con: Hanrahan
Pens: Hanrahan 2
Yellow card: Paul O'Connell (Munster, 20)
The teams:
Glasgow: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Richie Vernon, 12 Peter Horne, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Niko Matawalu, 8 Josh Strauss (captain), 7 Tyrone Holmes, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Leone Nakarawa, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Gordon Reid.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 James Downey, 23 Tommy Seymour.
Munster: 15 Johne Murphy, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Pat Howard, 12 Denis Hurley, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Peter O'Mahony (captain), 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Billy Holland, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Kevin O'Byrne, 1 John Ryan.
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 BJ Botha, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 Dave O'Callaghan, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Felix Jones.
Ospreys 31-20 Ulster
For Ospreys:
Tries: Webb 2, Biggar, Dirksen
Cons: Biggar 4
Pen: Biggar
For Ulster:
Tries: Bowe, Herring
Cons: Humphreys 2
Pens: Humphreys 2
The teams:
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Hanno Dirksen, 13 Ashley Beck, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Tyler Ardron, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 James King, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 4 Rynier Bernardo, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Marc Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Daniel Suter, 19 Dan Lydiate, 20 Sam Lewis, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Andrew Bishop.
Ulster: 15 L Ludik, 14 T Bowe, 13 D Cave, 12 L Marshall, 11 M Allen, 10 I Humphreys, 9 R Pienaar, 8 R Wilson, 7 C Ross, 6 R Diack, 5 F vd Merwe, 4 D Tuohy, 3 D Fitzpatrick, 2 R Best (captain), 1 A Warwick.
Replacements: 16 R Herring, 17 C Black, 18 B Ross, 19 A O'Connor, 20 S Reidy, 21 P Marshall, 22 S Olding, 23 P Nelson.