Ospreys and Glasgow keep opponents scoreless
WRAP: The Ospreys recorded their first win of the 2025/26 United Rugby Championship by defeating Zebre 24-0 at the Brewery Field.
The Ospreys outscored Zebre by three converted tries to nil and a penalty by Dan Edwards.
Centre Phil Cokanasiga opened the scoring in the 14th minute for the hosts, followed by No.8 Morgan Morse three minutes later, with Edwards converting both tries for a 14-point lead at the break.
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Edwards opened the second half scoring in the 58th minute to stretch the lead to 17 points with a penalty.
Lock James Ratti put the proverbial nail in the coffin in the 73rd minute when he went over the line for the hosts’ third and final try of the afternoon, which Edwards converted.
*Glasgow scored seven tries at Scotstoun in a 49-0 victory over Dragons, who remain winless.
The Warriors scored twice in the first half as skipper Kyle Steyn put the hosts in the lead in the ninth minute before Gregor Brown set up George Horne, who rushed over the whitewash midway through the half.
The home side quickly took the game away from the Dragons after the break as they scored twice through Brown and Gregor Hiddleston, who ran over for the bonus-point try.
Horne dived over the line spectacularly to put Glasgow over the 30-point mark, and the hosts showed no mercy as they extended their lead, with Johnny Matthews sent crashing over the whitewash.
Glasgow put the cherry on top of a perfect evening in the final minute when they were awarded a penalty try after Jamie Dobie was brought down off the ball.
Ospreys 24-0 Zebre Parma
Scorers
For Ospreys:
Tries: Cokanasiga, Morse, Ratti
Cons: Edwards 3
Pen: Edwards
For Zebre: None
Teams
Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Phil Cokanasiga, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Harri Deaves, 6 Ross Moriarty, 5 Huw Sutton, 4 James Ratti, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Rhys Davies, 20 James Fender, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Tom Florence, 23 Iestyn Hopkins
Zebre: 15 Giovanni Montemauri; 14 Lorenzo Pani, 13 Marco Zanon, 12 Enrico Lucchin, 11 Simone Gesi; 10 Martin Roger Farias, 9 Thomas Dominguez; 8 Giacomo Ferrari, 7 Iacopo Bianchi, 6 Guido Volpi, 5 Alessandro Ortombina; 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Matteo Nocera; 2 Giampietro Ribaldi, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio (captain)
Replacements: 16 Giovanni Quattrini, 17 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Juan Pitinari, 19 Franco Carrera, 20 Samuele Locatelli, 21 Nikolaj Varotto, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Mirko Belloni.
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Adam Jones (Wales) & Aaron Parry (Wales)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Glasgow Warriors 49-0 Dragons
Scorers:
For Glasgow:
Tries: Steyn, G Horne 2, Brown, Hiddleston, Matthews, penalty try
Cons: Hastings 4, G Horne, Lancaster
Teams:
Glasgow: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn (captain), 13 Ollie Smith, 12 Sione Tuipoluto, 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Euan Ferrie, 7 Macenzzie Duncan, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Fin Richardson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Patrick Schickerling, 18 Musphy Walker, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Angus Fraser, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Dan Lancaster
Dragons: 15 Huw Anderson, 14 Fine Inisi, 13 Andeurin Owen, 12 Harri Ackerman, 11 David Richards, 10 Jac Lloyd, 9 Che Hope, 8 Mackenzie Martin, 7 Harrison Keddie (captain), 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Seb Davies, 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Oli Burrows, 1 Rodrigo Martinez
Replacements: 16 James Benjamin, 17 Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, 18 Chris Coleman, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 21 Niall Armstrong, 22 tinus de beer, 23 Rio Dyer
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Ian Kenny (Scotland) & David Sutherland (Scotland)
TMO: Mark Patton (Ireland)
Cardiff 14-8 Connacht
Scorers:
For Cardiff:
Tries: Bowen 2
Cons: Sheedy, Lloyd
For Connacht:
Try: O’Connor
Pen: Forde
Teams:
Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett; 14 Jacob Beetham, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Steff Emanuel, 11 Tom Bowen; 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Johan Mulder; 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Ben Donnell, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (captain), 1 Danny Southworth
Replacements: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Rhys Barratt, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 George Nott, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Osian Darwin-Lewis
Connacht: 15 Sean Naughton, 14 Chay Mullins, 13 David Hawkshaw, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Shayne Bolton, 10 Jack Carty, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Cian Prendergast (captain), 5 Joe Joyce, 4 Darragh Murray, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Denis Buckley
Replacements: 16 Eoin de Buitléar, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Sam Illo, 19. David O’Connor, 20 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 21 Matthew Devine, 22 Hugh Gavin, 23 Finn Treacy
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Ben Breakspear (Wales) & Lucas Yendle (Wales)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)
