Montpellier Herault Rugby cruised to an easy 38-05 win over Munster Rugby in a Round 2 EPCR Challenge Cup match on Sunday.
The French hosts capitalised on Ospreys’ number eight Morgan Morse receiving an early yellow card with Bridge scoring his first effort in 10 minutes, converted by fly-half Paolo Garbisi from a tight angle.
Bridge scored his second try of the afternoon on 21 minutes after left winger Ben Lam found his run inside the opposition’s 22 for an unconverted effort.
Montpellier Hérault Rugby had a third try without answer ten minutes later as inside centre Jan Serfontein’s offload found scrum-half Leo Coly to score and Garbisi converted.
Finding themselves three tries down Ospreys also lost influential outside centre George North after a yellow card infringement.
Once restored to 15 men the Welsh visitors scored their first points after half-time courtesy of an unconverted try by scrum-half Reuben Morgan-Williams.
However, Montpellier Hérault Rugby sealed the bonus point with a fourth score on 57 minutes when a driving maul resulted in replacement hooker Vano Karkadze scoring and Garbisi kicked his third conversion of the afternoon.
The hosts were out of sight with 15 minutes remaining as replacement inside centre Auguste Cadot held off three tackles before dotting down, converted by Louis Foursans-Bourdette.
Montpellier Hérault Rugby had a sixth try with four minutes remaining with replacement Cadot running in alone for an unconverted score as the game ended 38-5, Ospreys finishing with 14 men as Harri Houston was sent to the bin late on.
Scorers:
Montpellier Herault Rugby: Tries: George Bridge (2), Leo Coly, Vano Karkadze, Auguste Cadot (2). Conversions: Paolo Garbisi (3), Louis Foursans-Bourdette.
Ospreys: Try: Reuben Morgan-Williams.
Teams:
Montpellier Herault Rugby: 15 Anthony Bouthier, 14 George Bridge, 13 Pierre Lucas, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Leo Coly, 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Clement Doumenc, 6 Yacouba Camara, 5 Tyler DuGuid, 4 Marco Tauleigne, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1 Baptiste Erdocio. Replacements: 16 Vano Karkadze, 17 Enzo Forletta, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Masi Dakuwaqa, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Louis Foursans-Bourdette, 23 Auguste Cadot.
Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Mat Protheroe, 13 George North, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris (c), 7 Harri Deaves, 6 Tristan Davies, 5 Adam Beard, 4 James Fender, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Nicky Smith. Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Rhys Henry, 19 Lewis Jones, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Dan Edwards, 23 Luke Scully.
