Glasgow, the Cheetahs and Ulster recorded sizable victories, while Treviso stunned Ospreys with a 16-6 victory.
Glasgow 37-10 Munster
Glasgow secured a bonus point win with a hugely impressive 37-10 win over Munster at Scotstoun.
Leonardo Sarto gave Warriors a perfect start. After coming off the bench a minute in, he had an instant impact when he beat a tackle out wide to get through and find the line, with Finn Russell adding the two. Glasgow’s lead became 10 with another Russell kick, but Munster quickly fired back. Coming from a scrum, the ball was sent wide and Rory Scannell went over.
Munster had the better of the half but it was Glasgow who got the third try of the night thanks to Lee Jones. He received the ball from Callum Gibbins and went through on the inside, Russell again making no mistake for a 20-5 half-time advantage.
That lead grew even more with a third Warriors try, coming five minutes into the second half. Pete Horne started the move, with a couple more of his teammates playing their part, before Nick Grigg stretched the hosts lead.
Munster quickly hit back with their second try, making the most of the hosts inability to build a counter attack to steal the possession and go over with Chris Farrell. They were never close though as another Russell kick took the gap back up to 20 points.
Glasgow were much the better side and their performance rightly produced the bonus point with a fourth try. Sarto seamlessly slipped through seven challenges in the build up and Scott Cummings finished the move off, Russell’s two making it 37-10.
The scorers:
For Glasgow:
Tries: Sarto, Jones, Grigg, Cummings
Cons: Russell 4
Pens: Russell 3
For Munster:
Tries: Scannell, Farrell
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ruaridh Jackson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick Grigg, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Rory Hughes, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Adam Ashe, 7 Callum Gibbins, 6 Ryan Wilson (c), 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Alex Allan, 18 D’arcy Rae, 19 Brian Alainu’uese, 20 Rob Harley, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Sam Johnson, 23 Leonardo Sarto
Munster: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Alex Wootton, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal (c), 9 Duncan Williams, 8 Liam O’Connor, 7 Rhys Marshall, 6 Stephen Archer, 5 Jean Kleyn, 4 Billy Holland, 3 Sean O’Connor, 2 Tommy O’Donnell, 1 Jack O’Donoghue
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 John Ryan, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Robin Copeland, 21 James Hart, 22 Jaco Taute, 23 Simon Zebo
Referee: Nigel Owens
Assistant Referees: Keith Allen, Lloyd Linton
TMO: Neil Paterson
Treviso 16-6 Ospreys
Treviso earned a surprise 16-6 victory over Ospreys at Stadio Comunale di Monigo on Friday.
A try inside a minute from Abraham Steyn gave Treviso an ideal start, and it proved enough for a shock 16-6 win as Ospreys put in a dire showing in Italy.
Coming into this on the back of their shock win against Edinburgh, Treviso were looking to make it two wins from two against an Ospreys side who slipped to defeat at home to Munster last time out. And they started perfectly with a first minute try. It came from pretty much the kick-off, and Steyn found the line to give the Italians a dream start, especially with the conversion following.
Dan Biggar narrowed the gap with his first points of the campaign, but Ian McKinley reclaimed the seven point gap and extended it to double figures with another three. Davies again narrowed it down but the half belonged to Treviso, who went in 13-6 ahead.
Ospreys were dominant in the second half and welcomed Alun Wyn Jones to the fray for the first time this season, and he flew over the line not long after his introduction. But the TMO pulled play back as replays showed he’d gone offside in the process as Treviso clung onto their unlikely lead.
And despite late pressure, Treviso were able to seal it with a Marty Banks penalty at the death for a surprise 16-6 win, making it two wins on the spin.
The scorers:
For Treviso:
Try: Steyn
Con: McKinley
Pens: McKinley, Banks
For Ospreys:
Pens: Biggar, Davies
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Ian McKinley, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Dean Budd (C), 7 Abraham Steyn, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Marco Fuser, 4 Federico Ruzza, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Alberto De Marchi
Replacements: 16 Federico Zani, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Tito Tebaldi, 22 Martin Banks, 23 Ignacio Brex
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Keelan Giles, 13 Ben John, 12 James Hook, 11 Jeff Hassler, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Dan Baker, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Olly Cracknell, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Bradley Davies, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Alun Wyn Jones, 20 James King, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Kieron Fonotia
Referee: George Clancy
Assistant Referees: Joy Neville, Claudio Blessano
Cheetahs 38-19 Leinster
The Cheetahs earned a 38-19 win over Leinster in Bloemfontein on Friday evening.
An early Barry Daly fry was countered by four Ernst Stapelberg penalties and a William Small-Smith try as Cheetahs went into the break 19-5 in front.
Tries from Torsten van Jaarsveld and Ox Nche extended the hosts lead, with Daly completing his hat-trick with two more tries to keep Leinster close. But a late Luther Obi try sealed a thrilling 38-19 win for the hosts.
Having picked up their first PRO14 win last week, Cheetahs were presented with a much more difficult match up as Leinster came to the Bloemfontein Stadium. But their first half showing blew the long distance visitors away.
Ernst Stapelberg put the South African’s ahead with an early penalty, but Leinster struck the first try through Daly, who went over inside six minutes. The conversion from Ross Byrne didn’t follow, and Cheetahs grabbed the lead with a second Stapelberg effort. The hosts 10’ was in far better than nick than Byrne, and extended the lead with another pair of three pointers in a strong showing.
And they extended that lead by half time with their first try. Breaking from their own 22, they went the length of the field with Small-Smith dotting down. Stapelberg added the two for a 19-5 lead at the break.
Leinster’s start to the second half didn’t go well as they lost James Tracy to the sin-bin, penalised for a no arms challenge. And that quickly produced a second Cheetahs try as van Jaarsveld was at the heart of the maul to go through. The South Africans were putting in the performance of the season and another maul produced another try from Nche.
Daly got the visitors back in the game though with his second try moments after Cheetahs third, and the conversion followed from Byrne as Leinster started to wake up. And they made it even tenser late on as Daly grabbed his hat-trick, finishing off a flowing passing move.
But the hosts had the final say with try number four, intercepting a passing and sprinting downfield with Obi finishing off an impressive victory.
The Scorers:
Cheetahs:
Tries: Small-Smith, van Jaarsveld, Nche, Obi
Cons: Stapelberg 2
Pens: Stapelberg 4
Leinster:
Tries: Daly 3
Cons: Byrne 2
Yellow Card: Tracy
Cheetahs: 15 Sergeal Petersen, 14 Rosco Specman, 13 Francois Venter (c), 12 William Small-Smith, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Ernst Stapelberg, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Oupa Mohoje, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Justin Basson, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 Junior Pokomela, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Nico Lee, 23 Luther Obi
Leinster: 15 Joey Carbery, 14 Dave Kearney, 13 Noel Reid, 12 Isa Nacewa (c), 11 Barry Daly, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jordi Murphy, 5 Mick Kearney, 4 Ross Molony, 3 Michael Bent, 2 James Tracy, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Seán Cronin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Rhys Ruddock, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Rory O’Loughlin
Referee: Mike Adamson
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse, Stuart Berry
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
Ulster 52–25 Dragons
Eight tries sealed a big 52-25 win for Ulster against Scarlets at Kingspan Stadium on Friday.
With an impressive victory against Scarlets last week behind them, Ulster were hoping to continue their strong start against Dragons. And that’s exactly what they did in this demolition of the Welsh side.
It took just three minutes to start as Stuart McCloskey went through for the opening try, and although Dorian Jones narrowed the gap back down to two points, Ulster quickly got the second try. Peter Nelson went through almost unopposed to go in right by the posts, converting and seeing the lead re-established. Jones again cut that lead down with his second effort of the evening, but the hosts were well up for this one and forced a penalty try after mauling their way from a line-out and right over the line.
And before the half hour mark, the bonus point was bagged. This came as Nick Timoney opened his Ulster account, and Dragons night was in complete disarray as number five swiftly followed.
Wiehahn Herst, who was on as a blood replacement, made his way over from short range to add to the first half woes for the tamed Dragons. Nelson’s two made it an eye watering 33-13 lead at half-time, Buckley giving Dragons some hope with their first try of the night just before the break.
The hosts were hungry for more points and it only took four minutes of the second half to grab them. Try six came courtesy of Jacob Stockdale, nipping in inside the corner to continue his perfect try scoring start to the campaign. And Timoney followed that three minutes later with his second try of the night, going in underneath the posts.
Dane Blacker got a second for Dragons that slightly improved the scoreline but they were never competitive as David Shanahan added to the ever growing advantage with a quick tap and dart over the line. But although Dragons might have had the final say with Will Talbot-Davies getting their third try, it was a straightforward and big win for Ulster.
The Scorers:
For Ulster:
Tries: McCloskey, Nelson, Penalty Try, Timoney 2, Herbst, Stockdale, Shanahan
Cons: Nelson 5, Herron
For Dragons:
Tries: Buckley, Blacker, Talbot-Davies
Cons: Jones, O’Brien
Pens: Jones 2
Ulster: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Dave Cave, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Peter Nelson, 9 Paul Marshall, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Chris Henry (c), 6 Clive Ross, 5 Alan O'Connor, 4 Robbie Diack, 3 Rodney Ah You, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Kyle McCall
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andrew Warwick, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Matthew Rea, 21 D Shanahan, 22 Brett Herron, 23 Rob Lyttle
Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Thretton Palamo, 12 Pat Howard, 11 George Gasson, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Owain Leonard, 1 Tom Davies, 2 Gerard Ellis, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Matthew Screech, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Max Williams, 7 Ollie Griffiths (c), 8 Robson Blake
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Phil Price, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Joseph Davies, 20 Lennon Greggains, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Will Talbot-Davies
Referee: Dan Jones
Assistant Referees: Ian Davies, Adam Jones
TMO: John Mason
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