Wins for Leicester and Ospreys

Leicester went top of Pool 2 but had to wait until the 76th minute and a penalty try to claim a 14-13 win over Treviso in today.
The were trailing 13-7 as the end of the game neared but their power up-front proved too much to handle and the penalty try made the winning conversion easy for .
Early in the first half, the English side scored a sensational 80-metre try concluded by Adam Thompstone to take a 7-0 lead but Treviso reacted well and were awarded a penalty try which levelled the score.
But it was the Italians who went into the break 10-7 in front after Alberto di Bernardo kicked an easy penalty.
Di Bernardo extended the lead soon after the restart for the Italians but finally got their hand on the ball to start building pressure.
It took a long time and countless handling errors but the penalty try eventually sealed it for Leicester.
Meanwhile in , the claimed a big scalp with a 17-6 win over at the Liberty Stadium.
and the Ospreys drew first blood with a penalty and a drop-goal to take a 6-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Youngster Jean-Marc Doussain put the French giants on the scoreboard soon after with a penalty of his own but Biggar extended the lead again with another penalty.
The French fly-half kicked a drop-goal on the last play of the half but Ospreys were leading 9-6 at the interval.
Toulouse came out with better intentions but Biggar added a penalty before Eli Walker stunned them with a superb solo try on the hour mark to win it for the Welsh.
Relive all the action from Treviso and Swansea here.
Read the full reports and analysis in tomorrow’s edition of The Paper.

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