Munster slay Dragons to stay top, Ospreys keep pace
Munster hammered Newport Gwent Dragons 45-17 to stay top of the Pro12 table but Dan Evans scored a hat-trick as Ospreys kept the pressure on by securing another win at Zebre on Friday.
Jaco Taute claimed a first-half double at Musgrave Park before Andrew Conway went over and a penalty try ensured the leaders had the bonus point in the bag at half-time.
Dave Kilcoyne and Ronan O’Mahony added further tries in the second half, with Tyler Bleyendaal scoring 15 points from the tee as Munster maintained their one-point advantage at the summit.
Ospreys are still breathing down Munster's necks after recovering from a poor start to dish out a 40-10 drubbing to bottom side Zebre and extend their winning run to 13 consecutive games in all competitions.
An early converted try from Tommaso Boni put Zebre 10-0 to the good, but the tide turned after Ashley Beck got Ospreys on the board.
It then turned into the Evans show, with the full-back helping himself to a treble within 10 minutes of the restart and Dafydd Howells getting in on the act with a superb solo effort.
Scarlets leapfrogged Glasgow Warriors to go fourth with a 26-14 success at Scotstoun, while sixth-placed Ulster scored four first-half tries to beat struggling Edinburgh 24-18 at at the Kingspan Stadium.
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England played well enough to win but couldnt score when they needed to and couldnt defend a couple of X-Factor moments from Telea which was ultimately the difference. They needed to hold the ball more and make the AB's make more tackles. Territorially they were good for the first 60. Defending their lead and playing pragmatic rugby in the last 20 was silly. The AB's always had the potential to come back. England still have a long way to go, definite progress would have been shown had they won but it seems they are still stuck where they were shortly after the six nations and their tour to NZ
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