Munster keep sights on Stormers, Glasgow see off Edinburgh
SATURDAY WRAP: Munster moved back into second spot in the United Rugby Championship standings after they recorded a 26-10 bonus-point win over the Ospreys in Wales.
The Irish giants are just three points behind the Stormers, who maintained their unbeaten record with a 34-27 win over the Lions earlier in the day.
Munster’s four tries were scored by Shane Daly, Lee Barron, Jack Crowley and Mike Haley.
Meanwhile, Glasgow will take a 12-point lead into the second leg of the 1872 Cup at Murrayfield next Saturday after claiming a bonus-point 24-12 victory over Edinburgh at Hampden.
The rivals were separated by just two points at the break as the Warriors led 7-5 before flexing their muscles in the second half in front of a crowd of 21,093 at Scotland’s national football stadium.
The Dragons ended a 15-month winless streak in the URC after they thumped Connacht 48-28 at Rodney Parade.
In Italy, Benetton edged rivals Zebre Parma 21-15.
See below for Saturday’s scores and scorers!
Benetton 21-15 Zebre Parma
The scorers:
For Benetton:
Tries: Mendy, Gasperini
Con: Umaga
Pens: Umaga 3
For Zebre Parma:
Tries: Ferrari, Gesi
Con: Montemauri
Pen: Montemauri
Teams:
Benetton: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Paolo Odogwu, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Leonardo Marin, 11 Ignacio Mendy, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 So’otala Fa’aso’o, 7 Michele Lamaro, 6 Manuel Zuliani, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Riccardo Favretto, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Bautista Bernasconi, 1 Thomas Gallo.
Replacements: 16 Nicholas Gasperini, Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Giulio Marini, 20 Lorenzo Cannone, 21 Louis Werchon, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Malakai Fekitoa.
Zebre Parma: 15 Giovanni Montemauri, 14 Giulio Bertaccini, 13 Marco Zanon, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 David Odiase, 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Bautista Stavile, 5 Leonard Krumov (co-captain), 4 Giacomo Ferrari, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Muhamed Hasa.
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Paolo Buonfiglio, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Alessandro Ortombina, 20 Matteo Canali, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Malik Faissal, 23 Giovanni Licata (co-captain).
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Filippo Russo (Italy), Luca Bisetto (Italy)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)
Glasgow Warriors 24-12 Edinburgh
The scorers:
For Glasgow Warriors:
Tries: Fagerson, Darge, Hiddleston, Stephen
Cons: Hastings 2
For Edinburgh:
Tries: Richardson, Gilchrist
Con: Thompson
Teams:
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Kyle Steyn (captain), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Ally Miller, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Dan Lancaster.
Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Piers O’Conor, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Cammy Scott, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Magnus Bradbury (captain), 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Glen Young, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Harri Morris, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Callun Hunter-Hill, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Conor McAlpine, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Matt Davidson.
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees: David Sutherland (Scotland), Finlay Brown (Scotland)
TMO: Mark Patton (Scotland)
Ospreys 10-26 Munster
The scorers:
For Ospreys:
Try: Morris
Con: Edwards
Pen: Edwards
For Munster:
Tries: Daly, Barron, Crowley, Haley
Cons: Crowley 3
Teams:
Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Harri Deaves, 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Rhys Henry, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Steffan Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Cam Jones, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Huw Sutton, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Keiran Williams, 23 Jack Walsh.
Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Paddy Patterson, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Jack O’Donoghue (captain), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Conor Bartley, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Tom Ahern, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 John Hodnett.
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Andrew Moule (Wales)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Dragons 48-28 Connacht
The scorers:
For Dragons:
Tries: Burrows, Hope 2, Rosser, penalty try, Dyer
Cons: O’Brien 5
Pens: O’Brien 2
For Connacht:
Tries: Gilbert, Prendergast 2, Jansen
Cons: Gilbert 3, Carty
Teams:
Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien (co-captain), 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Fine Inisi, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Che Hope, 8 Harri Keddie, 7 Harry Beddall, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Ben Carter (co-captain), 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Oli Burrows, 1 Rodrigo Martinez.
Replacements: 16 George Roberts, 17 Jordan Morris, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 20 Thomas Young, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Joe Westwood, 23 Huw Anderson.
Connacht: 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Chay Mullins, 13 Cathal Forde, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Shayne Bolton, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Caolin Blade, 8 Paul Boyle, 7 Seán O’Brien, 6 Cian Prendergast (captain), 5 Niall Murray, 4 Darragh Murray, 3 Sam Illo, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Jordan Duggan.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Josh Murphy, 20 Sean Jansen, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Hugh Gavin.
Referee: Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Rob McDowell (Wales), Jonny Mackenzie (Wales)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
