Friday Wrap-Up
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Friday Wrap-Up
PRO12
Edinburgh 23-28 Connacht
Connacht furthered their lead at the top of the PRO 12 after a magnificent 23-28 bonus point victory against Edinburgh at Murrayfield.
The Irish province showed their intent from the beginning, securing a 14-0 lead at halftime thanks to tries from AJ MacGinty and Jake Heenan.
Edinburgh came to life in the second half, and looked set to stage a superb comeback. However, a late try by Eoin McKeown, added to Bundee Aki's earlier try, was enough to secure their victory and in the end Edinburgh had to settle for a losing bonus point.
Ulster 32-0 Zebre
In the end it was a comprehensive victory for Ulster as they cruised to a home win against a poor Zebre side.
Having gone in 20-0 ahead at the break Ulster were expected to kick on to a bonus point win early in the second half, but to the visitors credit they hung in there.
With the bonus point looking unlikely, the backs linked up and sent Paul Marshall over in the 78th minute to claim the all important 4th try.
Scarlets 24-15 Treviso
Scarlets took the lead in the first 20 minutes after two tries from Evans and Davis but Treviso came back in a dogged second half to take the lead through Barbieri.
The comeback was short lived however as another Evans try for the home side sealed the Scarlets win.
Aviva Premiership
Newcastle Falcons 14-15 Worcester Warriors
Worcester secured their 1st away win in the Aviva Premiership since 2012 with a hard fought victory at Kingston Park.
Newcastle had the brighter start and Goode kicked them into a six point lead. However a Worcester try on the stroke of half time set the visitors up for a better second half.
A Bryce Heem try off some slick hands from the back furthered Worcester's lead until Newcastle struck back with a try through Rob Vickers.
Craig Willis failed to kick the winning conversion and Warriors took the four points to move into 10th.
