United Rugby Championship: Leinster on top after beating Ospreys, wins for Connacht and Glasgow Warriors

James Lowe sent a message to Ireland head coach Andy Farrell after he scored a superb try in Leinster’s 29-7 win over the Ospreys at the RDS on Saturday.

The wing was ruled out for the opening two weekends of the Six Nations but put in an impressive second-half performance for his province against the Welshmen.

It was a perfectly timed showing in the United Rugby Championship fixture, as Lowe looks to put pressure on the in-form Mack Hansen in the international team.

Fellow Ireland internationals Jordan Larmour and Cian Healy scored 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.

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 the