By JOHN FALLON

Connacht ......... 34pts
Tries: Blade 12, 24, 34, Forde 58 Conversions: Hanrahan 13, 25, 34, 59 Penalties: Hanrahan 3, 6

Ospreys .............26pts
Tries: Giles 40, Morgan-Williams 50, Ratti 54, R Davies 76
Conversions: Walsh 50, 56, 76
IT was always going to be a tough start to the season for Ospreys with 19 summer departures and half a dozen away on World Cup duty and they looked set for a hammering when they fell 27-0 down after just 34 minutes at the Sportsground.
So it was a source of some consolation for Toby Booth when his charges rallied either side of the break ...