Ospreys thrash sorry Warriors

Last year's beaten finalists ran in seven tries as they out-classed the hapless Warriors, who are still without a competitive victory this season.

Wing Shane Williams crossed twice, as did full-back Lee Byrne, while Nikki Walker, Sonny Parker and Mike Phillips were also on the scoresheet.

In the 11th minute, Ospreys' early dominance told and Lee Byrne burst through a weak Mark Tucker tackle for the game's opening score. Hook added the extra points.

Livewire wing Williams came close to scoring, only to be thwarted by Loki Crichton but, just a minute later, more poor tackling from Marcel Garvey and Shane Drahm saw Walker go over for the second Ospreys try. Hook was again on target. Following a decent period of pressure, Warriors opened their account five minutes before the break with Shane Drahm making no mistake with a penalty

The home side were soon pegged back, though, when Williams escaped Delport's clutches to dive over in the corner and Hook split the posts from the touchline. Drahm made the score 21-6 at the break with the last kick of the half.

Drahm made it 21-9 after number eight Filo Tiatia was penalised for deliberately lying on the wrong side of a ruck to kill Warriors' possession - an offence which earnt the Ospreys man 10 minutes in the sin bin.

Despite the man advantage, Warriors conceded another try when, after a surging run up field by Walker, Ospreys got the ball to Sonny Parker who barged over. Hook slotted the conversion.

Second-row Craig Gillies handed the home team a life-line when we skillfully fielded replacement fly-half James Brown's cross-field kick to crash over in the corner. Brown then nailed the touchline conversion. It didn't take Ospreys long to regain the initiative, though, as Williams bagged his second and Ospreys' fifth try.

The fifth try was too much for Worcester and the home side disintegrated, conceding two more tries in the final minutes of the game. First, Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips burst onto a line-out tap-down to score, then, Byrne was the beneficiary from some great running down the left flank by Alun Wyn Jones. Shaun Connor, who replaced the immaculate Hook, added the extra points on both occasions.