Benetton Treviso secure Connacht victory

 Benetton Treviso continued to impress as they beat Connacht 13-15 in a hard fought RaboDirect Pro 12 league clash at the Sportsground in Galway.

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Final Score Connacht (7) 13 Benetton Treviso (15) 15

Scorers

Connacht
Try: McSharry
Pens : O’Connor 2
Con: O’Connor

Benetton Treviso (
Tries: Williams, Iannone
Pen : de Waal
Con: de Waal

Attendance: 3,614

Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)

Teams

Connacht: Gavin Duffy (capt); Mark McCrea, Kyle Tonetti, Dave McSharry, Tiernan O’Halloran; Niall O’Connor, Frank Murphy; Brett Wilkinson, Ethienne Reynecke, Ronan Loughney; Michael Swift, George Naoupu; Dave Gannon, John Muldoon, Ray Ofisa.

Replacements: Rodney Ah You , Mick Kearney , Adrian Flavin, Dennis Buckley, Eoghan Grace, Paul O’Donohoe, Matthew Jarvis, Fetu’u Vainikolo

Benetton Treviso: Ludovico Nitoglia; Tommaso Iannone, Ezio Galon, Andrea Pratichetti, Brendan Williams; Willem De Waal, Fabio Semenzato; Michele Rizzo (captain), Franco Sbaraglini, Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet; Francesco Minto, Benjamin Vermaak; Manoa Vosawai, Paul Derbyshire, Marco Filippucci

Replacements: Diego Vidal , Matteo Muccignat , Lorenzo Cittadini , Corniel Van Zyl , Valerio Bernabo , Kristopher Burton ,Gonzalo Padro, Edoardo Gori