Last-gasp try lifts Zebre off bottom

Zebre 30 Ospreys 27

The scum-half drove over the line after the 80 minutes were up as Zebre, who had let slip a 16-6 half-time lead to trail 27-16 at one point, earned back-to-back league wins for the first time this season, having beaten Edinburgh in their last outing.

A losing bonus point was scant consolation for the south Wales outfit, who found themselves 10-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes after Luciano Orquera followed up his penalty by converting Giovanbattista Venditti’s try.

Zebre scorers: Tries: Venditti, Leonard, Palazzani. Cons: Orquera, Iannone 2. Pens: Orquera 3.

ZEBRE: Odiete, Berryman, Ratuvou, Garcia, Venditti, Orquera, Leonard, Perugini, Giazzon, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Bortolami, Bergamasco, van Schalkwyk, Vunisa.

Replacements: Iannone for Orquera (54), Trevisan for Leonard (72), Aguero for Perugini (46), Manici for Giazzon (57), Ryan for Chistolini (54), Biagi for Bortolami (51), Ferrarini for Bergamasco (61).

Sin Bin: Vunisa (77).

Ospreys scorers: Tries: Tipuric, Beck, A. Jones. Cons: Biggar 3. Pens: Biggar 2.

OSPREYS: Davies, H. Dirksen, Beck, Bishop, Natoga, Biggar, Habberfield, N. Smith, Baldwin, Jarvis, A. Jones, I. Evans, King, Tipuric, Baker.

Replacements: Hassler for H. Dirksen (68), Otten for Baldwin (71), A. Jones for Jarvis (51), R. Jones for A. Jones (52).

Sin Bin: A. Jones (80).

Ref: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland).