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Glasgow ended their Pro 12 Italian road trip with a bonus-point 43-14 victory against Zebre.

One of the worst kept secrets in rugby was finally let out into the open last month when Harlequins’ director of rugby Conor O’Shea was announced as the new Italy head coach.

A scrappy bonus point win moved Edinburgh ahead of Glasgow in the push for the Scottish spot in next season's Champions Cup.

Simon Zebo became Munster's all-time top try scorer as his side recorded a much-needed 47-0 bonus point win over Zebre in the Guinness PRO12.

Rookie fly-half Edoardo Padovani has earned the right to leapfrog Kelly Haimona and lead Italy's backline against Ireland on Saturday, according to head coach Jacques Brunel.

Italy and Zebre winger Leonardo Sarto will join Pro12 rivals Glasgow Warriors on a two-year deal in the summer, pending a medical.

Ulster bounced back from two consecutive defeats to get their Guinness Pro12 play-off ambitions back on track with a 32-0 bonus-point victory over Zebre at the Kingspan Stadium.

Dan Leavy scored the bonus-point clinching try two minutes from time as Leinster closed the gap on Guinness Pro12 leaders Connacht to a point with a 27-10 win over Zebre.

Connacht moved to the top of the Guinness PRO12 table with an eventful 51-34 victory away to lowly Zebre.

Leinster ran in eight tries to maintain their push for a PRO12 play-off place with a 52-0 victory over Zebre at the RDS.

Mark Chisholm scored his first try for Munster to help the Irish province to a 16-12 Guinness Pro12 victory over Zebre in Parma.

Robbie Henshaw handed Ireland an RBS 6 Nations fitness boost as Connacht thrashed Enisei-STM 47-5 to qualify for the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Zebre climbed out of the bottom two of the Guinness PRO12 standings for the first time this season with an 18-8 victory over their Italian rivals Benetton Treviso at the Stadio Monigo on Sunday.

Cardiff staged a stunning comeback to claim a 37-27 bonus-point win over Montpellier to keep hopes of qualifying for the European Challenge Cup's knockout stages alive.

European Rugby Challenge Cup champions Gloucester began their defence with a 23-10 win over Zebre while elsewhere London Irish beat Agen, Cardiff Blues thrashed Calvisano, Worcester beat La Rochelle and Connacht beat Enisei-STM.

Saracens have signed versatile Italy back-rower Samuela Vunisa from Guinness Pro 12 club Zebre.

Benetton Treviso stood firm to beat Zebre 17-15 as the Guinness Pro12's bottom two sides produced a good contest at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

Zebre won their first European match at the 14th time of asking as they beat Brive 26-21 while there were also European Rugby Challenge Cup wins for London Irish, La Rochelle, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

Cardiff Blues made a winning start to their 2014-15 Guinness PRO12 season as they saw off Zebre 41-26 in Parma on Sunday.