Match Facts

This will be the fourth Challenge Cup meeting between Ospreys and Newcastle Falcons, with Ospreys having won each of their first two meetings by an aggregate margin of 50 points before Newcastle claimed a four-point win in the Last 16 stage of the 2020/21 competition (28-24).

Ospreys have won each of their last five home games in the Champions/Challenge Cups, their longest such run since November 2015-January 2017, when they won six in a row, including one against Newcastle Falcons (45-0 in October 2016); Newcastle Falcons have won just one of their last six Challenge Cup games (L5), however, that victory came away from home (32-23 v USAP in January 2024).

Ospreys retained possession from five of their 27 kicks in play against Montpellier Hérault Rugby during Round 2 of this season’s Challenge Cup, with their 19% retention rate being the best of any side last time out and over double Newcastle Falcons’ rate (9%).

Ospreys made five turnover-winning tackles against Montpellier Hérault Rugby during their most recent Challenge Cup fixture, more than any other team in Round 2, while Newcastle Falcons conceded the most turnovers of any team in the most recent round (21).

Ospreys back-row Jac Morgan is one of just two players to have won more than three turnovers in the 2024/25 Challenge Cup (5, also Jeandre Rudolph – 8), and has made the most turnover-winning tackles of anyone in the competition this term (3) – Morgan has won at least one turnover in each of his last four European games against English sides (6 in total).