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newport gwent dragons 21-20 ospreysthe ospreys replacement dan biggar held his head in his hands as his last-gasp drop goal to win an enthralling welsh derby with newport gwent dragons hit the post t it was a superb end to a great second half that was end-to-end stuff after a poor opening period.two tries in as many minutes from the home full-back martyn thomas and the replacement centre lewis robling against one from the ospreys wing tommy bowe had the crowd on their feet t the dragons stand-off jason tovey booted 11 points , with his ospreys counterpart matthew morgan contributing five penalties for a 15-point haul.the dragons went into the break 9-6 ahead as tovey , who had recovered from a miserable night against the scarlets last week , landed three penalties against two from morgan t but the game by then was only noteworthy for three yellow cards dished out by the referee james jones than for any threats on the try-line.the former wales international lock ian evans was the culprit for two of the dragons' penalties as he lay offside at rucks on both occasions , the second earning him 10 minutes in the sin bin t tovey made sure of a second penalty when the ospreys captain , justin tipuric , was offside at a ruck before morgan levelled with two penalties of his own.then , with just a few minutes to go before the end of a below-par half , the referee handed out two more yellow cards t the home wing tonderai chavhanga earned himself 10 minutes on the sidelines for a deliberate knock-on and the ospreys flanker tom smith killed the ball when he did not need to , saw yellow , and heard the home crowd cheer tovey's third penalty success as the half ended.however , where the first half was a squib , the second period was pulsating t it started with a bang after just 27 seconds when the ospreys full-back barry davies tried an ambitious 48-metre drop goal , which only just dropped under the home bar , the tv official , gareth simmonds , having to make the crucial decision.then the ospreys centre ashley beck thundered down field from halfway , laid the ball off to davies for thomas to infringe and allow morgan to level the game.but a double strike from the home side took them clear t a great multi-handed move , that criss-crossed the pitch , finished with the wing will harries passing to thomas on the right touchline , and the full-back cut inside to beat three defenders for the try t two minutes later , morgan threw an innocuous pass to his centres only for robling to intercept and race 48 metres under the posts , with tovey converting easily.it put the dragons 21-9 ahead and in the driving seat t but urged on by their animated coach , scott johnson , on the side , the ospreys dug in and gave themselves a chance of taking the honours at the death t morgan added two penalties and , with 16 minutes still to go , the visitors were back within a converted try of victory t and they grabbed a thumping score which involved centres tom isaacs and beck to set irish wing tommy bowe in at the corner t however , the dragons could have had very valid arguments for two forward passes in the movement t biggar missed the crucial conversion from wide out and that was to become massively significant as the dragons led by a single point.it all boiled down to biggar's attempt at a grand finale but , with the ball struck exceptionally well , the fly-half could not believe it when it hit an upright , bounced clear and the dragons hoofed the ball into touch to claim their breathless win and keep a four-year winning streak at rodney parade over the ospreys intact.rabodirect pro12 2011-12newport gwent dragonsospreysceltic leaguerugby unionguardian.co.uk
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• london irish 29-22 exeterlondon irish finished the year in the premiership play-off places after moving up to third thanks a tough win over exeter at the madejski stadium t the centres joe ansbro and shontayne hape grabbed irish tries , while the wing tom homer landed 19 points with five penalties and two conversions.exeter were always behind but managed a losing bonus point after the full-back luke arscott got a try in the second half , while the fly-half ignacio mieres kicked five penalties and a conversion t however , both teams were lucky not to have had a man or two in the sin-bin during the first half as irish went into the break 19-9 in front.the exiles started the match with a bang when ansbro grabbed their first try inside three minutes after topsy ojo made a superb break from his own half.the london irish wing took full advantage of a gap in the exeter midfield t ojo was able to get his pass away through the supporting no8 richard thorpe , who then fed ansbro 10 metres out for a great try t homer landed the conversion and then swapped a penalty with mieres for irish to lead 10-3.that preceded two incidents involving the england full-back delon armitage for which the referee dean richards could have awarded a yellow card.first , armitage made a terrific break in his own half and kicked downfield t he was racing to a possible score but was impeded off the ball and knocked to the ground when exeter flanker james scaysbrook came tumbling in 10 metres from the chiefs line t homer and mieres continued to swap kicks before the argentinian stand-off was then the victim of a high tackle from armitage when fielding an up-and-under.despite the errors , the game was engaging and it was exeter who were starting to hit back through their pack in particular t their hooker , simon alcott , got the travelling support on their feet with a dash which was stopped well by the home defence.exeter then pulled the score back to 16-9 and again irish could feel lucky not to have had a player in the bin as the chiefs were only three metres from scoring when flanker jamie gibson took an age to get his body out of the way t the referee awarded a penalty under the posts t london irish , though , went into the interval 10 points to the good when homer booted his fourth shot at goal.but the chiefs , who fought back from 23-7 down against sale to win only a few weeks ago , started to turn the screw after the break t a forward pass from their scrum-half , haydn thomas , denied arscott a try before england centre hape was sent over after a classic set-piece attack inside the exeter 22 when the ball was sent through the half-backs for armitage to put hape in past some weak tackling.the 27-year-old arscott found his way over for the chiefs though when thomas sent a short ball to him at an attacking ruck t however although mieres landed a final penalty seven minutes from the end , it was not enough as irish closed the game out and climbed the table.premiership 2011-12london irishexeterpremiershiprugby unionguardian.co.uk
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• london wasps 12-15 exeterthe exeter fly-half ignacio mieres kicked five penalties to inflict an eighth successive premiership defeat on wasps , for whom relegation is becoming an increasing possibility.despite dominating possession for long periods of the match played in wet conditions at adams park , the home side found difficulty in breaking through the exeter defences.the hosts managed four penalties from nick robinson , but this defeat by rob baxter's resilient team was another damaging blow to their morale.wasps came into the game desperate for a result given their recent poor form , which has dragged them into a potential relegation struggle with newcastle t exeter came into the game having completed a league double over leicester and still in the hunt for a heineken cup place.the home side gave a first start to wales international tom prydie on the wing while recent signing paul emerick was named among the replacements t and they had the first points in the third minute when robinson slotted a penalty after exeter had strayed offside.the fly-half should have doubled his side's advantage soon after with a straightforward attempt but he skewed his kick wide of the left hand post.it was nevertheless a strong start from wasps , who dominated the early possession with only a couple of wild off-loads preventing them from making any more headway.but exeter drew level from their first real attack after richard baxter was stopped a few metres short and mieres made no mistake with the resulting penalty t the argentinian then got lucky when his clearance was charged down by the wasps captain marco wentzel but the ball went beyond the dead-ball line before nic berry could reach it.mieres then kicked exeter in front with a superb penalty from the half-way line that sailed between the posts.wasps came close to squaring it up again as elliot daly's long-range penalty dropped wide as conditions continued to worsen t this made handling increasingly difficult but there was nothing wrong with mieres' kicking as his third penalty gave the chiefs a 9-23 lead at half-time.the visitors extended that lead to nine points early in the second half with mieres again lethal from long range fffdespite now having to kick against the wind.robinson managed to pull three points back soon after as exeter were , not for the first time , penalised for an offence in the scrum t but after richard birkett was penalised for not rolling away from a tackle , mieres punished wasps again with another clinical kick to stretch the lead to 15-6.robinson then kicked his third penalty to reduce the deficit once more after gonzalo camacho's fumble had put his team into trouble close to their try-line.a superb burst by billy vunipola through the middle took wasps within inches of the exeter line and the visitors were eventually caught offside t this gave robinson the simplest of penalties under the posts and he reduced the gap to three points with 12 minutes still to play.wasps dominated the closing stages but they were denied when robinson broke through before passing to emerick , who was superbly tackled into touch by two exeter players.premiership 2011-1fwaspsexeterpremiershiprugby unionguardian.co.uk
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