European Champions Cup
Bordeaux hold off Ospreys comeback to seal victory
ESPN Staff
December 19, 2015
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Date/Time: Dec 19, 2015, 18:15 local, 17:15 GMT
Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Bordeaux Begles 33 - 27 Ospreys
Attendance: 0  Half-time: 25 - 10
Tries: Botha, Guitoune, Lesgourgues, Rey
Cons: Bernard 2
Pens: Bernard 2, Serin
Tries: Biggar, Jones, Tipuric, Walker
Cons: Biggar 2
Pens: Biggar
Bordeaux-Begles' French fly-half Pierre Bernard (L) runs with the ball during the European Rugby Champions Cup rugby union match between Bordeaux-Begles and Ospreys on December 19, 2015 at the Chaban-Delmas stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France.
Pierre Bernard helped guide Bordeaux Begles to victory against the Ospreys.
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Bordeaux Begles were forced to withstand a second-half fight back from the Ospreys as they sealed a 33-27 victory, their first European Champions Cup win of the season, on Saturday.

The French hosts held a 25-10 lead at the break in Bordeaux, as Julien Rey, Berend Botha and Sofiane Guitoune all scored tries to put them in the ascendancy despite Justin Tipuric's early score for the visitors.

Raphael Ibanez's side secured a try-scoring bonus point midway through the second half, but by that point the Ospreys comeback had already begun.

Eli Walker and Alun Wyn Jones touched down either side of Yann Lesgourgues' effort for the hosts, and when Dan Biggar scored a try of his own with seven minutes remaining the deficit was just three points.

That set up a nervy finish for the hosts, but Bordeaux secured victory when Baptiste Serin sent a penalty sailing through the posts with time having already expired. The five-point win keeps the home side -- for whom Pierre Bernard kicked 10 points -- in the hunt for a last-eight place.

Biggar finished with 12 points for the Ospreys, who remain top of Pool Two ahead of Exeter's trip to Clermont on Sunday, and have made a habit of piling on the points in the second half of games in Europe this season.

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