Connacht edge Warriors into second

Glasgow started on top but Bundee Aki's try gave Connacht an unexpected lead going into half-time. A score from Gordon Reid levelled things up early in the second half but a red card for Sila Puafisi made the job more difficult for the visitors and a try from Tiernan O'Halloran was enough to complete the win for Connacht.

*Richardt Strauss' double set Leinster on their way to a 50-19 bonus-point win over Treviso to finish the regular season top of the table. Strauss crossed twice, his first league tries in two years, while Jonathan Sexton also went over in the first half.

Jack McGrath, Isa Nacewa, Mick Kearney, Noel Reid and Garry Ringrose all dotted down after the break to ensure Leinster will have a home semi-final against fourth-placed Ulster.

The victory maintained their 100 percent league record at the RDS this term and that combined with the fact that no side in Pro12 history has ever lost a home semi-final, will have them confident of participating in the final for a seventh time come May 28.

Marco Lazzaroni, Matteo Muccignat and Enrico Bacchin did cross the whitewash for Treviso but defeat means they end the season in 12th.

*Munster will play in the Champions Cup next season after Rory Scannell's two tries helped them beat Scarlets 31-15, bringing an end to the Welsh club's top-four hopes in the process.

Scarlets needed to win and hope Ospreys were able to beat Ulster to extend their season into the play-offs but neither of those scenarios materialised as Munster signed off their season on a win in front of their home fans.

Francis Saili and Scannell both crossed in the first half but three penalties from Steve Shingler kept the visitors in touch. But the hosts strengthened their hold on the game after the break with Ronan O'Mahony, CJ Stander and Scannell crossing.

*Ulster secured their place in the play-offs as they ran in six tries in their 46-26 victory at Ospreys. Dan Biggar's score had given Ospreys an early lead before Paddy Jackson and Rory Best put the Irish province in front.

Josh Matavesi briefly  pulled the hosts level but Andrew Trimble's try sent Ulster into the break 21-14 ahead. And the visitors were to retain their lead for the rest of the match as Chris Henry, Stuart Olding and Franco van der Merwe also dotted down, with Tom Grabham's double proving to be merely consolation.

Victory for Ulster sets up a play-off semi-final against their Irish rivals Leinster while Ospreys finish the season down in eighth.

*Cam Dolan and Garyn Smith's second-half tries sealed a 21-17 comeback win for Cardiff Blues as they leapfrogged Edinburgh to finish seventh on the final standings. Three first-half tries from the home side through Hamish Watson, Matt Scott and Tom Brown had put them into a 17-7 lead at the break.

But the Blues – for whom Rey Lee-Lo had crossed in the first half – dominated a scrappy second period and Dolan and Smith's scores after the hour mark turned the game on its head.

In the end it came down to Gareth Anscombe's kicking – he slotted all three conversions on the day – while Jason Tovey had two come back off the post and the visitors held on to secure an impressive victory.

*Carlo Canna's 22 points guided Zebre to a stirring bonus-point win over Kingsley Jones' Newport Dragons at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi and ensured they pipped Italian rivals Treviso to next season's Champions Cup spot.

Zebre recovered superbly from a 10-70 loss to Glasgow Warriors last time out, to leapfrog their compatriots into 11th place after Treviso lost out to Leinster.

Young flyhalf Angus O'Brien had initially put Dragons ahead, but Zebre responded in emphatic fashion through Andrea Lovotti and Kayle van Zyle before Canna knocked over two penalties just before half-time to leave Dragons with a mountain to climb.

Rynard Landman put the Dragons back in contention with a score just after half-time but Leonardo Sarto, Bruno Postiglioni and Kelly Haimona all ran in scores for the Italians as they cut loose in Parma.

Landman and Hallam Amos grabbed further scores late on, but it was a red-letter day as Marco Bortolami waved farewell to Zebre with a superb win.

All the scores and scorers!

Leinster 50-19 Treviso

Scorers:

For Leinster:

Tries: Strauss 2, Sexton, McGrath, Nacewa, M Kearney, Reid, Ringrose

Cons: Nacewa 4, Sexton

For Treviso:

Tries: Lazzaroni, Muccigna, Bacchin

Cons: Hayward 2

Teams:

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Isa Nacewa (captain), 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Ben Te'o, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 Mick Kearney, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Jack McGrath.

Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Noel Reid.

Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Tommaso Iannone, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Luke McLean, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Abraham Steyn, 7 Alessandro Zanni (captain), 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Matteo Zanusso.

Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Andrea De Marchi, 21 Alberto Lucchese, 22 James Ambrosini, 23 Enrico Bacchin.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Munster 31-15 Scarlets

Scorers:

For Munster:

Tries: Saili, Scannell 2, O'Mahony, Stander

Cons: Holland 3

For Scarlets:

Pens: Shingler 5

Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Johnny Holland, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander (captain), 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Dave O'Callaghan, 5 Billy Holland, 4 Dave Foley, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne.

Replacements: 16 Mike Sherry, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Jack O'Donoghue, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Ronan O'Mahony.

Scarlets: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Gareth Owen, 13 Steff Hughes, 12 Hadeigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans 10 Steve Shingler 9 Aled Davies, 8 John Barclay, 7 James Davies, 6 Lewis Rawlins, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Peter Edwards, 2 Ken Owens (captain), 1 Rob Evans.

Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Dylan Evans, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Tom Price, 20 Morgan Allen, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Aled Thomas, 23 Michael Tagicakibau.

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Ospreys 26-46 Ulster

Scorers:

For Ospreys:

Tries: Biggar, Matavesi, Grabham 2

Cons: Biggar 3

For Ulster:

Tries: Jackson, Best, Trimble, Henry, Olding, van der Merwe

Cons: Jackson 5

Pens: Jackson 2

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Ben John, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar  9 Rhys Webb (captain), 8 James King, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Rynier Bernardo, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith.

Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Joe Bearman, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Tom Grabham.

Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Luke Marshall, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Sean Reidy, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Iain Henderson, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Pete Browne, 3 Ricky Lutton, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Callum Black.

Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Kyle McCall, 18 Andrew Warwick, 19 Robbie Diack, 20 Roger Wilson, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Stuart Olding, 23 Darren Cave.

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Edinburgh 17-21 Cardiff Blues

Scorers:

For Edinburgh:

Tries: Watson, Scott, Brown

Con: Tovey

For Cardiff Blues:

Tries: Lee-Lo, Dolan, Smith

Cons: Anscombe 3

Edinburgh: 15 Dougie Fife, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8 Cornell du Preez, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Nasi Manu, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 WP Nel, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Rory Sutherland.

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Allan Dell, 18 John Andress, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Will Helu.

Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Tom James, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 James Down, 4 Cam Dolan, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Gethin Jenkins (captain).

Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Macauley Cook, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Gavin Evans.

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Zebre 47-22 Newport Dragons

Scorers:

For Zebre:

Tries: Fabiani, Van Zyl, Sarto, Postiglioni, Haimona

Cons: Canna 5

Pens: Canna 4

For Newport Dragons:

Tries: Landman 2, Amos

Cons: GR Jones 2

Pen: O'Brien

Zebre: 15 Ulrich Beyers, 14 Kayle Van Zyl, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk, 7 Filippo Cristiano, 6 Johan Meyer, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (captain), 3 Guillermo Roan, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 1 Andrea Lovotti.

Replacements: 16 Bruno Postiglioni, 17 Andrea De Marchi, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Kelly Haimona, 23 Mils Muliaina.

Newport Dragons: 15 Geraint Rhys Jones, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Angus O'Brien, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Ed Jackson, 7 James Thomas, 6 James Benjamin, 5 Nick Crosswell (captain), 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Rhys Buckley, 1 Phil Price.

Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Luke Garrett, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Rynard Landman, 20 Harrison Keddie, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Dorian Jones, 23 Carl Meyer.

Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)

Connacht 14-7 Glasgow Warriors

Scorers:

For Connacht:

Tries: Aki, O'Halloran

Cons: MacGinty, O'Leary

For Glasgow Warriors:

Try: Reid

Con: Russell

Connacht: 15 Tiernan O'Halloran, 14 Nidi Adeolokun, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Matt Healy, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 John Muldoon (captain), 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Sean O'Brien, 5 Aly Muldowney, 4 Ultan Dillane, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Tom McCartney, 1 Ronan Loughney.

Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 JP Cooney, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Eoin McKeon, 21 John Cooney, 22 Shane O'Leary, 23 Peter Robb.

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Lee Jones, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Ryan Wilson, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray (captain), 4 Leone Nakarawa, 3 Sila Puafisi, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Gordon Reid.

Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Simone Favart, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Mark Bennett, 23 Sean Lamont.

Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

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