Heineken Champions Cup: Montpellier 10-21 Ospreys - Welsh region end European drought

Montpellier came from down to bushed London Irish successful the Champions Cup past week

Ospreys recorded their archetypal triumph successful Europe successful 2 years arsenic they battled to a 21-10 triumph against Top 14 champions Montpellier successful the Champions Cup.

Montpellier responded successful the 2nd fractional with a effort done their ain hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa.

But Morgan Morris deed backmost with a people successful the country to seal a celebrated win.

Ospreys caput manager Toby Booth had made 9 changes to the squad that mislaid to Leicester past clip out, including a archetypal commencement for Owen Williams and the notable lack of Wales fastener Alun Wyn Jones.

The Welsh portion appeared from the passageway sporting their alternate multicoloured kit and Barbarians-like sock variety, with each player's colours representing the clubs they played for.

But the aboriginal flashes came from the hosts, arsenic Louis Carbonel kicked Montpellier up connected 4 minutes aft Ospreys were penalised for not rolling distant astatine the ruck.

After calling the people from a clearing kick, scrum-half Cobus Reinach took it quickly, sprinting down the close touchline past 3 Ospreys earlier kicking down the defence but Max Nagy scrambled backmost to forestall the aboriginal try.

The Top 14 broadside were successful the ascendency but it was the Welsh portion who scored the game's opening try.

After Zach Mercer was penalised for tackling Rhys Davies successful the air, Florian Verhaeghe committed the aforesaid infringement astatine the adjacent line-out and was sin-binned by referee Nika Amashukeli.

Ospreys took contiguous vantage of the other man, powering implicit with the driving maul and Parry dotting down. Owen Williams was connected people with the conversion.

As Montpellier returned to afloat spot Ospreys extended their lead.

More bully enactment by the Welsh battalion from the line-out drove Ospreys to wrong a metre of the Montpellier enactment earlier the shot was dispersed close to Williams, who dived implicit to score.

The Welsh portion looked successful power but were soon down to 14 men erstwhile Luke Morgan took Mercer retired successful the aerial nether the precocious ball.

Ospreys saw retired Morgan's 10-minute lack without conceding but Montpellier stepped up a cogwheel successful the 2nd half.

The French side's archetypal effort of the lucifer came with 25 minutes remaining, Paenga-Amosa finishing disconnected a Montpellier driving maul with a almighty past push.

Just arsenic everything looked to beryllium moving successful the mode of the hosts, Ospreys swung momentum backmost successful their absorption arsenic Morris touched down successful the country astatine afloat stretch. Williams deed the choky conversion to determination the Welsh portion 21-10 up.

Alex Cuthbert thought helium had Ospreys' 4th effort of the lucifer minutes later, but the tv lucifer authoritative deemed his ft was successful interaction moments earlier helium grounded the ball.

But it did not matter, arsenic Ospreys held connected for a celebrated triumph successful Europe.

Ospreys caput manager Toby Booth told BBC Sport Wales:

"I'm pleased for the boys and supporters due to the fact that there's been a batch of toil of effort and to get the close broadside of the effect and positivity astir that, thing reinforces that much than winning.

"There was an limb wrestle, it was precise hard but it was a squad defence and an cognition of we're not going to springiness you thing for free. People performed tonight.

"We worked precise hard successful the week, we'll bask it for what it is but to get momentum and a show backmost is important."

Montpellier: Bouthier (capt); B Lam, Darmon, P Garbisi, Bridge; Carbonel, Reinach; Forletta, Paenga-Amosa, H Thomas, Verhaeghe, Chalureau, Doumenc, Becognee, Mercer.

Replacements: Langdon, Fichten, Tuinukuafe, Tauleigne, Coly, Tisseron, Dakuwaqa, Willemse.

Ospreys: Nagy; Cuthbert, Collins, K Williams, L Morgan; O Williams, R Webb; G Thomas, Parry, Botha, R Davies, Beard, Roots, Tipuric (capt), M Morris.

Replacements: Baldwin, N Smith, Francis, Sutton, J Morgan, Morgan-Williams, Walsh, Hawkins.

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Assistant referees: Dan Jones & Wayne Falla (England)

TMO: Adam Leal (England)