FULL-TIME: OSPREYS 27-28 LIONS. The Lions hold firm for a crucial away victory. What a statement of intent from 14-3 down. Like them or not, the South African teams at this competition are here to stay!
Penalty against the Lions -- tackler not rolling away -- but Walsh steps up and misses! It's still the Lions' game at this point.
CONVERSION, LIONS, LOMBARD! 27-28: Lombard puts the Lions in front! We are in for a photo finish to this game.
TRY, LIONS, VAN DER MERWE! 27-26: JP and Ruan Smith exchange wonderful passes. Who says forwards aren't good on the ball? Van der Merwe receives the wide pass and finishes the job!
The Lions take the ball eight phases, but the Ospreys hold firm on defence and win the penalty.
PENALTY, OSPREYS, WALSH! 27-21: Walsh responds with a penalty of his own as the Ospreys extend the lead back to six points.
PENALTY, LIONS, LOMBARD! 24-21: Lombard puts the Lions within touching distance with a penalty.
TRY, OSPREYS, LAKE! 24-18: Nohamba gives away a silly penalty and enables the Ospreys to drive their way over, with Lake the one to profit! The conversion attempt from Walsh misses.
TRY, LIONS, NOHAMBA! 19-18: Nohamba pounces on the lose ball after a fumble and darts to the try line, going over for the Lions. Lombard's conversion is missed.
YELLOW CARD, LIONS, SANGWENI! Sangweni is sent to the sin-bin for taking Collins beyond the horizontal.
The second half is underway as the Ospreys defend their lead against the Lions.
HALF-TIME: OSPREYS 19-13 LIONS. The Ospreys head into the break six points to the good with Alun Wyn Jones and Michael Collins among their standout performers, while Keelan Giles has two tries.
PENALTY, LIONS, LOMBARD! 19-13: Lombard pops a penalty over to bring the Lions back within a converted try.
TRY, OSPREYS, WEBB! 19-10: A glorious team try for Ospreys with a wonderful offload from Collins near the left touchline setting them up to go inside before Webb picked up and finished the job! The conversion attempt comes off the post.
Strong work from the Lions on defence as they survive a spell of Ospreys pressure.
The Ospreys have a lineout and they look to weave their way through the Lions defence off the back of it, but lose the ball forward as they look to go through the gap.
CONVERSION, LIONS, LOMBARD! 14-10: Lombard brings the Lions back within four points.
TRY, LIONS, HORN! 14-8: Horn goes over as the Lions hit back instantly. Strong response!
CONVERSION, OSPREYS, WALSH! 14-3
TRY, OSPREYS, GILES! 12-3: Lovely hands from Walsh in the build-up and then Giles weaves through the defence and goes over on the left for his second try!
CONVERSION, OSPREYS, WALSH! 7-3
TRY, OSPREYS, GILES! 5-3: The Ospreys win a turnover which puts them on the attack. Morgan throws a pass out wide to Giles, who goes over for the try in the corner!
PENALTY, LIONS, LOMBARD! 0-3: Another shot at posts from Lombard, and this time, he makes no mistake!
Lombard has a shot at posts from a penalty 40-odd metres out, but fails to hit the target.
The Lions get the game up and running!
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Zander du Plessis, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sithembiso Sithole,. Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 20 Ruan Venter, 21 Morne van dern Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Sango Xamlashe
Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 George North, 12 Michael Collins, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Jack Walsh, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith. Replacements: 16 Dewi Lake, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Rhys Davies, 20 Will Griffiths, 21 Jac Morgan, 22 Reuben Morgan Williams, 23 Joe Hawkins
Hello and welcome to our coverage of this United Rugby Championship clash between the Ospreys and the Lions at the Swansea.com Stadium.
