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Strong-running centre Keith Matthews helped himself to two tries at the Sportsground on Friday, as Connacht beat the Ospreys for the first time since 2006 and the Welsh region's poor away form in the Magners League continued.

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The Scorers

For Connacht:
Tries: Treviranus, Matthews 2
Cons: Dunne 2
Pens: Wilkinson, Dunne

For Ospreys:
Tries: Phillips, Roberts
Cons: Biggar
Pens: Connor 2, Biggar

Yellow cards: Marty Holah (Ospreys, 49), Brett Wilkinson (Connacht, 53)
Red card: Conor McPhillips (Connacht, 51)

The teams:

Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Ofisa Treviranus, 13 Mel Deane, 12 Keith Matthews, 11 D Riordan, 10 Andy Dunne, 9 Conor McPhillips, 8 Colm Rigney, 7 Jonny O'Connor, 6 John Muldoon, 5 Andrew Farley (captain), 4 Andrew Browne, 3 Robbie Morris, 2 Adrian Flavin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 John Fogarty, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Brendon McGovern, 19 Michael McCarthy, 20 Conor O'Loughlin, 21 Troy Nathan, 22 Darren Yapp.

Ospreys: 15 Gareth Owen, 14 Leigh Bevan, 13 Mark Taylor, 12 Jonathan Spratt, 11 Kristian Phillips, 10 Shaun Connor, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Tom Smith, 7 Steve Tandy, 6 Hale T-Pole, 5 Lyndon Bateman, 4 Andy Lloyd, 3 Cai Griffiths, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Paul James (captain).
Replacements: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Mike Powell, 19 Marty Holah, 20 Martin Roberts, 21 Dan Biggar, 22 Ashley Beck.

Referee: Neil Paterson (SRU)
Touch Judges: G Clancey (IRFU), M Black (IRFU)