Treviso go back-to-back

They recorded a 19-17 triumph over Newport Gwent Dragons.

* In other Friday matches Glenn Bryce's late score helped Glasgow Warriors to a 27-24 victory over Munster, enacting some revenge for last year's Pro12 Final along the way.

* Sam Davies kept his nerve from the tee with five penalties as Ospreys come back from behind, thanks to a fine second-half performance, to down Edinburgh 27-13.

We look at the Friday matches!

Benetton Treviso 19-17 Newport Gwent Dragons

Benetton Treviso held on after Angus O'Brien's last-ditch drop goal hit the post, as the Italians picked up their second Pro12 win on the spin with a 19-17 triumph over Newport Gwent Dragons.

Treviso had ended their 20-game wait for a Pro12 win against Cardiff Blues last week – and that confidence had clearly buoyed them here.

Hallam Amos may have cancelled out Angelo Esposito's early try, efforts either side of half-time from Filo Paulo and Ludovico Nitoglia put Treviso in the driving seat.

Angus O'Brien did outgun Jayden Hayward by seven points to four from the tee but the Dragons fly-half fell short with his final kick to send the Italians into raptures.

Treviso's first try came within two minutes, as Esposito dummied to the outside and squeezed through the tackle to cross over.

Fullback Hayward made the conversion – but it didn't take long for the visitors to put together a good move of their own.

Following fine work from Sarel Pretorius, Amos shot over the try-line and then O'Brien's extra two levelled the scores.

Esposito continued to pose a threat for the Dragons but try as they might – after a sustained spell of pressure – the visitors held firm.

Ultimately O'Brien nosed the Welsh region ahead with a penalty in the 36th minute, though they would not take a lead into half-time.

After a series of pick-and-goes, Samoa lock Paulo bundled over the line and Hayward knocked over the conversion to establish a four-point lead for the hosts.

With that score, it was the first time Treviso had scored more than one try in their last six matches in all competitions.

And Treviso improved their advantage moments after emerging from the changing rooms when they turned the ball from inside their 22, and went the length of the pitch for Nitoglia to finish.

Hayward could not convert however and that meant the Dragons were still more than in with a sniff.

And on the hour mark they posted a much-needed reply as lock Cory Hill went over from close range, with O'Brien making no mistake with the extras.

With just two points in it, things were getting tense at the Stadio Monigo and Hayward missed two quickfire penalties that would have surely put Treviso out of reach.

But in a dramatic finale, the post denied O'Brien from sinking a match-winning drop goal and Amos was then bundled out of touch to secure Treviso their second win on the bounce.

The scorers:

For Benetton Treviso:

Tries: Esposito, Paulo, Nitoglia

Cons: Hayward 2

For Newport Gwent Dragons:

Tries: Amos, Hill

Cons: O'Brien 2

Pen: O'Brien

Teams:

Benetton Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Alberto Sgarbi (captain), 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Sam Christie, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 8 Dean Budd, 7 Marco Lazzaroni, 6 Andrea De Marchi, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Cherif Traorè.

Replacements: 16 Filippo Filippetto, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Manu Salesi, 19 Jeff Montauriol, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Robert Barbieri, 22 Chris Smylie, 23 Tommaso Iannone.

Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Angus O'Brien, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Nick Crosswell, 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Ben White, 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Cory Hill, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Thomas Rhys Thomas (captain), 1 Boris Stankovich.

Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Geraint Rhys Jones, 23 Ross Wardle.

Referee: Andy Brace (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Marius Liperini, Emanuele Tomo (both Italy)

TMO: Carlo Damasco (Italy)

Ospreys 27-13 Edinburgh

Sam Davies kept his nerve from the tee with five penalties as Ospreys come back from behind, thanks to a fine second-half performance, to down Edinburgh 27-13.

Edinburgh have now lost their last four fixtures in all competitions, but scored the first try of the match in the first half through prop Allan Dell.

But teenage flank Sam Underhill's try just before the break signalled a change in momentum – and Davies did not miss any opportunity that came his way.

He added three penalties in the second half to his two efforts in the first, while Edinburgh kicker Greig Tonks could only muster two of his own.

And after Neil Cochrane received a late sin bin, replacement Scott Otten added the gloss for the Welsh region with a late try.

Edinburgh controlled much of the opening stanza and Phil Burleigh fired the first warning shot after making a dash, but could not find the hands of half-back partner Sean Kennedy.

But, in much part down to the slippery conditions, James King knocked on to give Edinburgh an attacking scrum and the visitors pressed home their advantage.

A scrum penalty handed Tonks the opportunity to line up a shot at the posts, and he promptly slotted over with 11 minutes gone.

But despite Edinburgh's dominance, Ospreys levelled the scores with what was their first foray into enemy territory – Sam Davies bagging the three points.

Ospreys were then pinged at the breakdown twice in succession, and Tonks successfully slotted one kick out of the two to nose Edinburgh back in front.

Davies was not wasting any of his sighters however, and again tied the scores when Edinburgh failed to roll away.

It wouldn't stay that way for long as Edinburgh finally make their increased possession count, as Tonks scythed his way through Ospreys' line and found Dell.

Dell dotted down between the posts before creator Tonks added the extras to open up a seven-point advantage for Edinburgh.

Tonks was having a mixed night from the tee though, missing an opportunity on the half-hour, before Ospreys put together their best move of the first half.

Davies played a delicious chip through and Ben John reeled it in before off-loading for an on-rushing Underhill to storm over for his first Ospreys try.

And though Davies drew Ospreys level with the conversion, the half did not end perfectly for the hosts as Wales flank Dan Lydiate was shown a yellow card for a no-arms tackle on Ben Toolis.

The home side edged in front for the first time shortly after the resumption when Edinburgh went off their feet and Davies bisected the posts.

Just as crucially for the Ospreys, Edinburgh could not build on their man advantage before Lydiate returned in the 48th minute.

For the remainder of the third quarter neither side could gain a foothold in the greasy conditions, while Edinburgh lock Grant Gilchrist – making his first Pro12 appearance in more than a year – finished his shift after 55 minutes.

Indeed it began to look like which team made the fewest errors would win the day and Davies stretched Ospreys' lead out to six with another penalty shortly after the hour-mark.

And Edinburgh's resolve looked at an end when hooker Neil Cochrane headed to the sin-bin for an infringement in the ruck.

They nevertheless defended manfully and held out an Ospreys five-metre scrum, but a knock-on in the tackle meant Davies drilled through his fifth penalty of the game.

Hooker Otten then matched Underhill by also scoring his first try for the club, as the Welsh region eased home.

The scorers:

For Ospreys:

Tries: Underhill, Otten

Con: Davies

Pens: Davies 5

For Edinburgh:

Try: Dell

Con: Tonks

Pens: Tonks 2

Yellow cards: Dan Lydiate (Ospreys, 37), Neil Cochrane (Edinburgh, 65)

Teams:

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Ben John, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Brendon Leonard (captain), 8 Dan Baker, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 James King, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Nicky Smith.

Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Josh Matavesi, 23 Eli Walker.

Edinburgh: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Michael Allen, 12 Sam Beard, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Phil Burleigh, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8  Cornell Du Preez, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 John Andress, 2 Neil Cochrane (captain), 1 Allan Dell.

Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Grant Sheills, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyde, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Blair Kinghorn.

Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Sean Brickell (Wales)

TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)

Glasgow Warriors 27-24 Munster

Glenn Bryce's late score helped Glasgow Warriors to a 27-24 victory over Munster, enacting some revenge for last year's Pro12 final along the way.

In a pulsating first half props Sila Puafisi and Dave Kilcoyne both scored try-doubles, with Duncan Weir out-kicking Ian Keatley to hand Glasgow Warriors a 17-14 half-time lead.

And Weir exploded out of the traps after the restart with his superb solo score extending the home side's lead.

But Munster refused to lie down and the book of Keatley and a Mike Sherry try got the province back to within two points of their hosts.

However, Bryce was on the end of a flowing Warriors move with ten minutes remaining to lead last year's runners-up to just their second win in their last eight games in all competitions.

Glasgow Warriors signalled their intent right from the off as a couple of quickly taken penalties saw the home side camped just 5m away from the Munster tryline.

And they worked the ball to Puafisi who crashed home under the posts for his first Glasgow try, with Weir adding the easy conversion.

But the home side and Puafisi weren't done there and moments later the prop was celebrating a second try, Weir again adding the extras for an early 14-0 Glasgow lead.

On 12 minutes Munster got back in the game as they benefitted from a Warriors offside and Kilcoyne touched down, Keatley adding the extras.

And moments later Munster were back on the attack and earned a penalty right in front of their hosts' posts, with Keatley making no mistake.

On 23 minutes Munster took the lead as Kilcoyne went over for his second try, Keatley once again adding the extras as the visitors went 17-14 ahead.

The game continued to go from end-to-end and on 34 minutes Weir had the chance to kick Glasgow back into the lead, but his penalty sailed wide.

The next penalty Glasgow won Weir opted to go for the corner but Munster won the lineout and kicked upfield as there were no further scores before half-time.

But that all changed three minutes after the restart as Weir broke from inside the Munster 22 and went over in the corner to put the Warriors back in front, although his touchline conversion went wide.

Munster then dominated possession but were dealt a blow on 55minutes when Tomas O'Leary was yellow carded for a deliberate knock on.

And five minutes later Weir stretched Glasgow's lead with a penalty in front of the posts, but the visitors weren't about to lay down and Sherry went over in the corner, with Keatley's touchline conversion pushing Munster ahead 24-22.

However, with ten minutes left Bryce was on the end of a flowing Glasgow move to touch down out wide and put the home side back in front, although this time Weir was wide his conversion attempt.

Keatley attempted to cancel out Munster's three-point deficit with six minutes remaining, but his drop goal flew wide.

Weir himself was wide with a late penalty but as they saw out the final whistle at Rugby Park.

The scorers:

For Glasgow Warriors:

Tries: Weir, Bryce, Puafisi 2

Cons: Weir 2

Pen: Weir

For Munster:

Tries: Sherry, Kilcoyne 2

Cons: Keatley 3

Pen: Keatley

Yellow cards: Tomas O'Leary (Munster, 55), James Cronin (Munster, 68)

Teams:

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Glenn Bryce, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Ali Price, 8 Josh Strauss (captain), 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Sila Puafisi, 2 James Malcolm, 1 Gordon Reid.

Replacements: 16 Cammy Fenton, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Simone Favaro, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Fraser Lyle, 23 Rory Hughes.

Munster: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 David Johnston, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Ronan O'Mahony, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Tomás O'Leary, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Jack O'Donoghue, 5 Billy Holland (captain), 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne.

Replacements: 16 Mike Sherry, 17 James Cronin, 18 Mario Sagario, 19 Dave Foley, 20 Conor Oliver, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Johnny Holland, 23 Cian Bohane.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland), Mike Adamson (Scotland)

TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)

Source: @PRO12rugby