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challenge-cup
Ospreys avoided Challenge Cup embarrassment as they pulled away to a 39-14 victory over the Georgia side The black lion in Tbilisi.
Mark Jones gave six players their first starts of the season and they responded by running in seven tries for the bonus point win.
Gwilym Evans, Morgan Morse, Huw Sutton and Luke Morgan scored in the first half for Jones’ much-changed side.
Morgan, Lewis Lloyd and Kian Hire added to the Welsh side’s tally in the second half, but Lawson Creighton managed just four points with his boot.
The Black Lion have previously produced upset wins in Europe and had a glimmer of hope when Giorgi Spanderashvili responded in the 20th minute to early efforts from Evans and Morse.
But the Ospreys have bounced back and will now enjoy back-to-back home games against the Dragons and Cardiff after a marathon start to the season which also saw them play two United Rugby Championship matches in South Africa.