Biggar and better things await Ospreys despite Clermont loss
The Ospreys had only one win and a draw to show from their previous 17 away games in this competition
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Your support makes all the difference.Dan Biggar hailed the bravery of the Ospreys as the Welsh region picked up two valuable bonus points despite losing 34-29 at Clermont Auvergne in Pool 2 of the Champions Cup.
Clermont have now won 18 straight European games at home, after two thrilling tries from wing David Strettle plus further scores from Aurélien Rougerie and Wesley Fofana gave them a full five-point haul to start their campaign.
But the Ospreys, who had only one win and a draw to show from their previous 17 away games in this competition, twice rallied from 17 points down to score four tries and eventually lose by a margin of less than seven to raise hopes of a first quarter-final appearance since 2010.
“I thought we showed a tremendous amount of bravery out there,” said Wales fly-half Biggar, who kicked nine points as his side held on to top spot in the standings.
“We knew coming here that it would not be enough to just play for penalties and drop goals. We had to be positive, we had to be confident enough to play and try and put them under pressure.
“We did that but they stood tall towards the end of that first half and we could easily have let things slide away there.
“But we knew we had to keep playing our game and chancing our arm.”
Munster’s European Champions Cup game against Stade Francais in Paris was postponed following the recent attacks in the city.
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