CONNACHT 66-21 ZEBRE
Connacht secured the try-scoring bonus point well before half-time.
In the midst of their worst injury crisis in years, Connacht are on-course for the Champions Cup knock-out stages for the first time in their history.
Pat Lam’s men beat Italian outfit Zebre 66-21 and emergency outhalf John Cooney contributed 21 of their points.
Cooney, who won the European Cup with Leinster in 2012, is a scrum-half by profession but he is in the No.10 jersey after bad injuries to Marnitz Boshoff and Jack Carty.
Cooney raced in a fine counter-attack try to level the scores at 14-14 and then set up Tiernan O’Halloran for Connacht’s fourth with an outside the boot grubber kick.
Stunning assist from John Cooney pic.twitter.com/LekAB3R9gR
— Patrick McCarry (@patmccarry) January 14, 2017
Zebre have been subject to some heavy beatings this year and the trend continued today. O’Halloran, Matt Healy and Kieran Marmion all chipped in with two tries.
