FRIDAY
CARDIFF 18-17 CONNACHT
TUCULET GIVES CARDIFF LAST SECOND WIN
Joaquin Tuculet's last-minute try
gave Cardiff Blues a dramatic win against Connacht at the Arms Park.
Connacht led 10-3 at half-time
thanks to Jake Heenan's try from a rolling maul and five points from the boot
of Craig Ronaldson.
Blues responded with Tuculet's
well-worked score only for Aly Muldowney's try to put back Connacht in front.
Tuculet touched down with the
final play of the game, before Rhys Patchell's conversion sealed the win.
GLASGOW 26-5 ZEBRE
VAN DER MERVE GIVES
GLASGOW BONUS POINT
Glasgow Warriors returned to the top of the
Pro12 with a bonus-point victory over Zebre.
DTH van der Merwe crossed twice in
the first half, with Chris Fusaro and Kevin Bryce also going over for Gregor
Townsend's side.
Niko Matawalu and Rossouw de Klerk
stretched Zebre and the Canadian crossed, leaving Scotland fly-half Horne a
straightforward conversion.
SATURDAY
SCARLETS 23-13 LEINSTER
PRIESLAND KICKS SCARLETS TO VICTORY
Scarlets maintained their unbeaten
Pro12 home record with a victory over champions Leinster which boosts their
hopes of finishing in the top six.
Ben Te'o crossed for the opening
try and although John Barclay replied for the hosts, Leinster led at the
interval.
Jordan Williams and Rory Pitman
tries put Scarlets in control before Rhys Priestland's penalty sealed victory.
Scarlets are three points behind
sixth-placed Connacht with Leinster fifth.
The victory at Parc y Scarlets
will give Wayne Pivac's side confidence as they bid to qualify for next
season's European Champions Cup but the defeat dented Leinster's play-off
hopes.
TREVISO 8-29 EDINBURGH
SCOTT GIVES EDINBURGH BONUS POINT
Matt Scott grabbed a fine brace of
tries as Edinburgh followed Glasgow Warriors' win over Zebre with a bonus-point
triumph of their own in Treviso.
The victory arrests a two-match
losing blip for Edinburgh as the race for Champions Cup qualification
intensifies.
Mike Coman and Andries Strauss
also touched down to ensure the visitors left with maximum points.
Simone Ragusi scored a consolation
for Treviso in a rare moment of potency.
OSPREYS 26-12 MUNSTER
BAKER MAKES DIFFERENCE TO PUT OSPREYS IN PLAY OFFS
Ospreys ended a run of four league
matches without a win with an impressive Pro12 victory over Munster at Liberty
Stadium.
Fly-half Sam Davies profited from
a dominant first-half display, kicking 12 points and feeding Dan Baker for a
try.
Munster improved after the
interval but tries by Donncha Ryan and Keith Earls came too late to threaten
the Ospreys.
And Davies set the seal on the
victory with two late penalties as Ospreys held on for a much-needed win.
SUNDAY
DRAGONS 26-22 ULSTER
ULSTER JUST WEREN'T THERE
Newport Gwent Dragons made it a
clean sweep of wins for the Welsh regions over the Irish provinces as they
battled to a 26-22 victory over Ulster.
Dragons' tries came from Rhys
Buckley, Jonathan Evans and Carl Meyer in the second half, with Tom Prydie and
Dorian Jones sharing the kicking duties.
Craig Gilroy crossed twice for
Ulster and created Ross Adair's late score.
Ruan Pienaar kicked seven points
but Ulster had to settle for a losing bonus point to help their play-off bid.
In my opinion it is definitely a
good thing now that there is a break as it might help the Irish teams mentally
going into he final few matches it definitely was a poor weekend for the Irish.
Ulster need to improve if they are going to get a home semi but this week might
have put Glasgow through.
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