Connacht keep Champions Cup charge on track

Connacht 53 Benetton Treviso 5

Pat Lam’s men secured a ninth Guinness Pro 12 win with a seven-try haul, consolidating their sixth place and pushing them five points clear of the chasing Scarlets.

Full-back Tieran O’Halloran, in his first start, began the try-fest and out-half Craig Ronaldson added the first of his 18 points with the conversion. He added two penalties before Treviso, playing tails-up rugby, struck through centre John Samuel Christie for a deserved try. Jayden Hayward missed the conversion.