The Ospreys ended their Pool 3 campaign on a high as they extended their unbeaten Heineken Cup home record to 16 matches with a 29-17 victory over quarter-final qualifiers Toulon.

The Frenchmen travelled safe in the knowledge that they had reached the knock-out stage, but still harbouring vague hopes of clinching a home draw. That proved to be an unrealistic dream, but whoever ends up hosting Jonny Wilkinson and co can expect a tough time.

Even through they made 14 changes in the match day squad from the win over Munster they came out all guns blazing against the Magners League champions and scored two tries in the opening quarter through Scottish full back Rory Lamont and Australian scrum half Matt Henjak.

Wilkinson easily converted both and kept his back line moving throughout a first half in which the Frenchmen were by far the more creative and positive side. Dan Biggar's boot at least kept the home team in touch, although when he hit the post with the last kick of the half it brought back the memories of his crucial misses at the Madejski Stadium a week earlier.

But despite falling behind to a Wilkinson penalty at the start of the second half, the final 40 minutes were all about the Ospreys clawing their way back into the game and extending their unbeaten Heineken Cup run at the Liberty Stadium.

The introduction of a fit again Shane Williams after 55 minutes pepped up the home back line and it took him only six minutes to create the opening for Nikki Walker to score. Skipper Alun Wyn Jones crossed later on to complete the win, but after three years in the last eight the Ospreys will be reduced to a watching brief this season.