TEAMS

CONNACHT: O’Halloran 7 (Carty 69, 7); Kelleher 8, Ili 7, Aki 7 (Parata 60, 6), Poolman 7; Boshoff 7, J Cooney 8 (Blade 50, 7); Buckley 8 (JP Cooney 60, 6), McCartney 9 (Heffernan 54, 7), Carey 8 (Robertson-McCoy 60, 5); Roux 7, Cannon 7; FoxMatamua 7, Heenan 8 (O’Brien 59, 6), Muldoon 7 (McKeon 62, 6)

TREVISO: Odiete 6; Esposito 7 (Pratichetti 39, 6), Tagicakibau 6 (Allan 62, 7), Sgarbi 6, Sperandio 6; McKinley 7, Tebaldi 6 (Gori 54, 7); De Marchi 6 (Zani 46, 7) (Quaglio 69, 7), Giazzon 6 (Bigi 54, 7), Ferrari 6 (Zanusso 71, 7); Lazzaroni 6, Fuser 6; Steyn 7, Santamaria 6 (Zanusso 30-40, 6), M Barbini 7 (Flammini 56, 6) REFEREE: Ian Davies ATTENDANCE: 5,903

Connacht, looking for their fifth win in a row at home, went behind after Ian McKinley kicked a fifth minute penalty for Treviso.

However McCartney (2), Poolman and Buckley all scored for Connacht, with Cooney adding the extras.

The second-half continued in the same vein. Despite a late consolation from Abraham Steyn, Vittorio Flammini saw yellow as the penalty count mounted, and Heffernan and Carty ensured that it was a big win for Connacht.