Lions beat Ospreys with last-gasp try

United Rugby Championship

Lions (12) 29

Tries: Van der Merwe, Visagie 2, Van Wyk, Dobela. Cons: Dobela 2

Ospreys (7) 28

A dramatic 82nd-minute try denied Ospreys only a second league win in South Africa as their United Rugby Championship (URC) ended in defeat

Sam Parry looked to have snatched victory for the visitors at Johannesburg with a score two minutes from time.

But a late penalty set up a final chance for Lions from which fly-half Lubabalo Dobela squeezed over in a nail-biting finish.

Four times Ospreys led following tries by second-row pair Will Griffiths and James Ratti as well as Jack Walsh but had to settle for two bonus-points.

Lions: Quan Horn; Richard Kriel, Henco van Wyk, Bronson Mills, Edwill van der Merwe; Lubabalo Dobela, Nico Steyn; Juan Schoeman, Jaco Visagie (capt), Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Ruan Venter, Ruan Delport, JC Pretorius, Renzo du Plessis, Jarod Cairns.

Replacements: Morne Brandon, SJ Kotze, RF Schoeman, Izan Esterhuizen, WJ Steenkamp, Layton Horn, Marius Louw, Kelly Mpeku.

Ospreys: Jack Walsh; Luke Morgan, Evardi Boshoff, Keiran Williams, Ryan Conbeer; Dan Edwards, Reuben Morgan-Williams; Steffan Thomas, Dewi Lake (capt), Tom Botha, James Ratti, James Fender, Will Griffiths, Harri Deaves, Morgan Morse.

Replacements: Sam Parry, Garyn Phillips, Kian Hire, Lewis Jones, Lewis Lloyd, Kieran Hardy, Owen Williams, Iestyn Hopkins.

Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

Assistant referees: Christopher Allison & Dylen November (SARU)