James Lowe lights up RDS as Leinster breeze past Ospreys

James Lowe was back with a bang as his electric 56th-minute try lit up Leinster's 29-7 United Rugby Championship win over the Ospreys at the RDS.

Having missed the opening two rounds of Ireland's Guinness Six Nations' campaign through injury, Lowe showed he is back to his sharpest during an impressive second-half cameo.

Fellow internationals Jordan Larmour and Cian Healy picked off tries either side of Morgan Morris' sin-binning for infringing close to the Ospreys' try-line.

Leinster struggled to build on their 15-0 interval lead in wet conditions until Lowe was unleashed down the left wing.

James Lowe's brilliant try was one of the highlights for @LeinsterRugby as they saw off Ospreys 29-7 at the RDS earlier #rterugby #LEIvOSP #URC pic.twitter.com/EHmW1IQ2zn

Ospreys captain Rhys Webb jinked through to make it 22-7, but Scott Penny claimed Leinster's hard-earned bonus point with seven minutes remaining.

The result sends Leinster top of the URC ahead of Ulster's trip to the Dragons on Sunday.

Martin Moloney's incisive run infield helped to set up fly-half Ross Byrne for an opening second-minute penalty.

Leinster stayed on the front foot, dominating territory, but Harri Deaves and the returning Bradley Davies led a robust Ospreys defence.

Midway through the first half, Larmour flew past Webb to ground the ball from a Byrne grubber kick.

The try's creator missed the conversion before Luke McGrath had a score ruled out for a prior knock-on from Michael Ala'alatoa.

Tom Botha conceded a scrum penalty and further pressure on the Ospreys defence led to number eight Morris being binned in the 27th minute.

Prop Healy duly forced his way over from a couple of metres out, Byrne converting this time to make it 15-0.

The wet conditions increased