FRIDAY
TREVISO 27-11 DRAGONS
PAULO WIN SECURES
BIG WIN OVER DRAGONS
A Tommaso Allan penalty was followed by centre Tommaso
Benvenuti going under the posts, fly-half Allan converting.
Rynard Landman struck back for the Dragons and Angus O'Brien
added a penalty, but the Welsh side lost their try-scorer at the break.
Filo Paulo and Marco Fuser crossed for the Italians after
the break.
The hosts thwarted centre Adam Warren's early break, and
then went ahead as Allan kicked the game's opening points.
This to me was a surprise not so much that Treviso won the
match but by how much and I think that Treviso could do OK this season. Treviso
could knock down a lot of teams expecting to go there and win.
GLASGOW 17-22 ULSTER
CAVE TRY SECURES WIN
FOR ULSTER
A first half which saw four players depart injured, two
Ulster tries disallowed and two yellow cards ended with the visitors leading
15-7.
Darren Cave finished a flowing move but Gordon Reid dived
over for Glasgow.
A controversial penalty try extended Ulster's lead but Tommy
Seymour's score saw Glasgow nudge ahead before the hour but Paddy Jackson's try
prove decisive.
Ulster should have had a bonus point on Friday as a Paddy Jackson
try was disallowed but they are showing the type of form that tells me this
could be a good season for them. Glasgow
are one of the better teams in the4 leaguer and will be near the top
LEINSTER 31-19
OSPREYS
DOUBLE VAN DER FLAIR
GIVES LEINSTER BONUS POINT
Josh van der Flier bagged two tries as Leinster secured a
bonus-point victory against the Ospreys at the RDS.
The flanker started the try-scoring and Leinster was awarded
a penalty try before Johnny Sexton touched down in his first appearance of the
season.
Leinster led 24-0 at the break and Van der Flier secured the
bonus point before three Ospreys tries.
Ben John, Dafydd Howells and James King went over as the
Welsh visitors slipped to their first defeat of the campaign.
Leinster showed why they are the best team in the league
with this win against the team on top of the table. Ospreys have shown potential
in the early stages but this is why Leinster is in quarter finals regularly
SATURDAY
SCARLETS 17-8 CONNACHT
WILLIAMS DOUBLE PUTS
CONNACHT IN REAL TROUBLE
Liam Williams scored two tries as Scarlets earned their
first Pro12 win of 2016-17 to leave title-holders Connacht winless at the
bottom.
Wings Niyi Adeolokun and Williams exchanged memorable
first-half tries with Jack Carty's penalty edging the opening period for the
visitors.
Williams' second and Rhys Patchell's snap drop-goal after
the break gave the hosts a deserved win
.
Connacht have not shown themselves to be the team that they
were last season as they are in a bad rut at the moment and must sort out the
problems that they have had for many years.
ZEBRE 21-23 BLUES
JAMES TRY GIVES
BLUES WIN BUT BLUES NOT ON TOP OF TABLE
Carlo Canna and Steven Shingler exchanged early penalties
before hosts' Guglielmo Palazzani's close-range effort.
Wing Blaine Scully's try put Blues ahead before Matthew
Morgan and Tom James helped give them a cushion.
But tries by Zebre's Giulio Bisegni and Giovanbattista
Venditti jangled Blues' nerves as the final whistle loomed.
The Blues are showing that they can win when they have to as
for Zebre they similar to Treviso look like they will not be on the bottom of
the table and struggling as both the Italian sides are definitely improving.
MUNSTER 28-14 EDINBURGH
DOUBLE MURRAY TRY
GIVES MUNSTER BONUS POINT
Chris Dean's breakaway try helped Edinburgh lead 7-0 as
their breakdown work countered Munster's scrum success.
But two Conor Murray tries before half-time helped Munster
lead 14-7 as the dam finally burst on Edinburgh's scrum.
Conor Oliver and Dave O'Callaghan added further tries before
John Hardie's reply for the visitors.
Hardie's 67th-minute try led to a few late Munster nerves as
Edinburgh - who had always looked fluent in open play - produced a brave rally
before the home side held on.
Munster are showing that they can be the force that they
used to be a few years ago in European rugby but this is definitely a big win
for them and they can only get better with such young coaches and players on
their team.
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