Leinster spoil Best return as Treviso stun Cheetahs
Rory Best's Ulster return was spoiled as Leinster claimed an emphatic victory in a battle of Pro14 Group B heavyweights.
Captain Best made his comeback from an ankle injury that had kept him out since the start of December, but Ulster never looked like marking it with a victory as Leinster ran out 38-7 winners.
Doubles from Jordan Larmour, and Fergus McFadden and tries from Barry Daly and Johnny Sexton ensured a bonus-point victory for second-placed Leinster, who are now 11 points ahead of third-placed Ulster.
Treviso shocked Cheetahs with a 27-21 win that marked the Italian side's sixth Pro14 win of the season. The South Africans, who had Torsten van Jaarsveld and Shaun Venter sin-binned in the second half, suffering defeat as Epalahame Faiva's second try 12 minutes from time settled the contest.
Runaway Group A leaders Glasgow Warriors easily beat Zebre 40-20, Matt Fagerson scoring the first of their six tries in the week his brother and team-mate Zander was ruled out for eight weeks.
Munster, second in Group A ahead of Cheetahs, responded to successive defeats in style by crushing Connacht 39-13, running in five tries including a Conor Murray double.
Elsewhere, Ospreys held off a late rally from Cardiff Blues in which they scored two converted tries in the last 10 minutes to record a narrow 29-28 victory over their Welsh rivals.
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