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Leinster went top of the Magners Celtic League with a 13-8 victory against Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.

Centre Gordon D'Arcy scored the Irish side's only try as they came back from 5-0 down at half-time.

Felipe Contepomi (pictured) registered Leinster's other points with two penalty goals.

Ospreys, without 16 internationals because of Six Nations squad calls and injury, earned some consolation in the ninth minute of injury time when Dan Biggar's drop-goal assured them of a losing bonus point.

Leinster's stay at the top might only be temporary with Munster playing Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday afternoon.

It took Sonny Parker's try in the 39th minute to break the deadlock in an uninspiring first half.

Parker broke through three would-be tacklers, including Stan Wright and Cameron Jowitt, to cross with the try being awarded on the advice of the television match official.

That was one of only a handful of scoring chances in the first half which saw a young Ospreys side match a much more experienced Leinster.

It took the Irishmen just two minutes of the second half to cut the Ospreys half-time lead to two points with a Contepomi penalty and he then put his side ahead after 54 minutes.

Leinster scored a try through D'Arcy after a break by Contepomi into the 22 before Ospreys threw away a chance of a losing bonus point in injury-time, Jonny Vaughton's stray pass failing to find Tiatia unmarked on the left touchline.

The home side's efforts were finally rewarded when Biggar fired over a drop-goal - the last kick of the match - from in front of the posts.

Connacht 14-19 Cardiff

Connacht suffered more heartbreak at the hands of Welsh opposition as Robin Sowden-Taylor's late try crowned a smash-and-grab 19-14 win for Cardiff.

A try from Samoan flanker Ray Ofisa and three penalty goals from Ian Keatley saw Connacht cruise to a 14-0 half-time advantage.

The Blues lost hooker Rhys Thomas to the sin-bin just before the break but got back in touch thanks to two penalties from Ben Blair.

The New Zealander notched a third but Connacht regained control in the final quarter and looked set to end the game on the attack.

But the home side had an uncharacteristic lapse in defence, two minutes from time, and that was all Cardiff needed as a 35-metre break was finished off by Welsh international Sowden-Taylor.

Blair added the conversion to move the Blues ahead of the first time and rubbed salt into Connacht's wounds with an injury-time penalty.

Sporting Life / Eurosport