Fly-half Matthew Morgan impressed for a young Ospreys side

Fly-half Matthew Morgan starred for the Ospreys in their pre-season run-out against a Regional Select XV at the Talbot Athletic Ground on Tuesday.

Morgan claimed a try hat-trick, while wing Kristian Phillips and replacement centre Ashley Beck touched down twice.

It was not all one-way traffic, with Tonmawr's Ryan Bayliss scoring a fine try, while Swansea veteran Paul Arnold rolled back the years with his score.

But a young Ospreys side came up trumps against their regional colleagues.

The only downside for the Ospreys was an injury to centre Jonathan Spratt, who missed much of last season with a back injury and was forced off with a knee problem.

Regional Select XV: Paul Bamsey (Aberavon); Lewis Harry (Bridgend Athletic), Nathan Edwards (Bridgend), Liam Gadd (Aberavon), Ryan Bayliss (Tonmawr); James Dixon (Swansea), Daniel Davies (Aberavon); Neil White (Aberavon), Matthew Dwyer (Bridgend), Lee May (Swansea), Sam Kiley (Swansea, capt), Aaron Bray (Aberavon), Lee Purnell (Aberavon), Sam Lewis (Swansea), Steffan Jones (Swansea). Replacements (from):
Gareth Harvey (Aberavon), David Bishop (Tondu), Rowan Jenkins (Aberavon), Ken Dowington (Bridgend), Paul Arnold (Swansea), Ioan Cunningham (Bridgend), Lloyd Evans (Bridgend Athletic), Ben Rose (Bridgend), Scott Hicks (Maesteg), Steffan Andrews (Tonmawr), Josh Lewis (Aberavon), Richard Thomas (Aberavon), John Leyshon (Bridgend), Dean Thomas (Tondu).

Ospreys: Matthew Jarvis; Eli Walker, Ben John, Jonathan Spratt, Kristian Phillips; Matthew Morgan, Rhys Webb (capt); Ryan Bevington, Mefin Davies, Joe Rees, Conor McInerney, James Goode, James King, Justin Tipuric, Ben Thomas.
Replacements: Richard Hibbard, Cai Griffiths, Sam Williams, Dan Baker, Tom Habberfield, Dai Flanagan, Ashley Beck.

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