Brave Connacht downed by Ospreys

Connacht 12 Ospreys 19

Fri, 04 Sep, 2009 - 20:51

Connacht 12 Ospreys 19

Huw Bennett scored the only try – and Dan Biggar and James Hook kicked the rest of the points – as the Ospreys opened their Magners League campaign with a deserved win at Connacht tonight.

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