Ospreys flyhalf Matthew Morgan was again the hero as the Pro12 front runners recorded their third away win of the season with a 17-6 success against Connacht at the Sportsground.

Morgan had already saved his side's blushes in the dying seconds of last week's Heineken Cup clash in Treviso as his late penalty secured a valuable 26-26 draw.

And with several regulars missing with Wales as they prepare to take on Australia in Shane Williams last international appearance at the Millennium Stadium next weekend, Morgan again showed his worth for Scott Johnson's side.

* In another Saturday match Leinster gained revenge for last season's shock defeat to Treviso with a 30-20 win at the Stadio Monigo.

* Resurgent Munster made it three wins in a row and moved into third place on the standings with a 24-17 bonus-point win over Edinburgh.

We look at all the Saturday action!

Benetton Treviso 20-30 Leinster

Leinster gained revenge for last season's shock defeat to Treviso with a 30-20 win at the Stadio Monigo.

Last year Treviso caused the surprise of the season when they turned over Joe Schmidt's side 29-13 in only their third match in the league.

But Leinster, and Fergus McFadden's 15-point haul, ensured there would be no repeat as they held of a comeback effort in the second half with Heineken Cup hero Eoin O'Malley scoring an important try midway through the second half.

Treviso will look back with regret after Tobias Botes lost his range during the second half missing three second-half kicks.

Leinster No.8 Leo Auva'a got the ball rolling early on as he crossed for the first try after just a minute, McFadden adding the conversion.

Botes pulled Treviso back with a penalty but Leinster looked to be running away with it when former Connacht flier Fionn Carr raced in for a second try after just eight minutes, McFadden making it 14-3 with the conversion.

But Treviso showed great spirit to come back into it through two more penalties from Botes on 12 and 21 minutes.

Three minutes later McFadden extended the lead with another penalty of his own, but Treviso finished the half the stronger with Botes adding another penalty to make it 17-12 at the break.

Botes added another penalty immediately five minutes into the second half to put Treviso back within two points, only for McFadden to match him three minutes later.

However Italian international replacement Manoa Vosawai crossed after 50 minutes but Botes missed the chance to put his side in front with the conversion.

And McFadden made him pay with another penalty to put Leinster back in front before Botes again missed a penalty chance.

Ian Madigan, starting instead of the rested Jonathan Sexton, took over the kicking duties for Leinster but he missed his first shot at goal.

But it made no difference as O'Malley, the hero against Glasgow a week ago, again got himself on the scoresheet, McFadden adding the extras to make it 30-20.

And despite Shane Jennings' late sin binning, the reigning European champions were able to hold on and overtake the Ospreys at the top of the Pro12 ahead of the Welsh region's trip to Connacht.

There was still time for Botes to miss a late penalty as Treviso missed out on even a losing bonus point.

The scorers:

For Treviso:
Try: Vosawai
Pens: Botes 5

For Leinster:
Tries: Auva'a, Carr, O'Malley
Cons: McFadden 3
Pens: McFadden 3

Teams:

Benetton Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Benjamin De Jager, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Brendan Williams, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Valerio Bernabò, 4 Antonio Pavanello (captain), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Enrico Ceccato, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 19 Benjamin Vermaak, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Francesco Minto, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 Alberto Di Bernardo.

Leinster: 15 Luke Fitzgerald, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Eoin O'Malley, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Fionn Carr, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Leo Auva'a, 7 Shane Jennings (captain), 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Damian Browne, 3 Jamie Hagan, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Aaron Dundon, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Nathan White, 19 Kevin McLaughlin, 20 Jamie Heaslip, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Noel Reid, 23 Brendan Macken.

Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Stefano Traversi, Matteo Liperni (both Italy)
TMO: Stefano Marrama (Italy)

Connacht 6-17 Ospreys

Ospreys flyhalf Matthew Morgan was again the hero as the Pro12 front runners recorded their third away win of the season with a 17-6 success at the Sportsground.

Morgan had already saved his side's blushes in the dying seconds of last week's Heineken Cup clash in Treviso as his late penalty secured a valuable 26-26 draw.

And with several regulars missing with Wales as they prepare to take on Australia in Shane Williams last international appearance at the Millennium Stadium next weekend, Morgan again showed his worth for Scott Johnson's side.

The young outside half scored the only try of the first half, as well as adding seven points with the boot to send the Ospreys back to the top of the Pro12 win after Leinster's earlier win.

Connacht remain in ninth as they suffered a second successive home defeat to Welsh opposition after their 26-20 loss to Cardiff in their last home league game.

However the home side made the brighter start as Miah Nikora bounced back from missing an early penalty to give Connacht the lead after a quarter of an hour.

But Matthew Morgan brought his side level with a penalty of his own three minutes later.

And Morgan's day got even better on 32 minutes as he went over for the first try of the day which he converted himself to give the Ospreys a 10-3 lead.

Nikora managed to pull one penalty back for the home side before the break as they went in 10-6 down.

But Connacht were not able to take advantage after Ian Gough was sent to the bin in the second half, and the visitors stretched clear on the hour.

Duncan Jones, on his 150th appearance for the Ospreys collected the ball off the back of a line and went on a rampaging run before the ball found its way to Richard Fussell who fed replacement Sonny Parker to stroll over.

Morgan added the extras to extend the Ospreys lead to 17-6 with 20 minutes remaining.

Eric Elwood's men kept on pressing but a lack of accuracy in the visitors' 22 cost them any chance of a comeback.

In fact the Ospreys should have added to their lead as Morgan scooped up a knock on in his own 22, streaking down the pitch before finding Hanno Dirksen but the replacement winger couldn't break through.

The result was the perfect way for the Ospreys to warm up for next week's huge clash with reigning champions Munster.

The scorers:

For Connacht:
Pens: Nikora 2

For Ospreys:
Tries: Morgan, Parker
Cons: Morgan 2
Pens: Morgan

Teams:

Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy (captain), 14 Brian Tuohy, 13 Dave McSharry, 12 Henry Fa'afili, 11 Tiernan O'Halloran, 10 Miah Nikora, 9 Paul O'Donohoe, 8 Ray Ofisa, 7 John Muldoon, 6 TJ Anderson, 5 George Naoupu, 4 Dave Gannon, 3 Rodney Ah You, 2 Adrian Flavin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Stewart Maguire, 19 Mike Kearney, 20 Eoghan Grace, 21 Frank Murphy, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Mark McCrea.

Ospreys: 15 Barry Davies, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 Matthew Morgan, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Joe Bearman, 7 Chauncey O'Toole, 6 Tom Smith (captain), 5 James King, 4 Ian Gough, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Duncan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Cai Griffiths, 18 Joe Rees, 19 James Goode, 20 George Stowers, 21 Tom Isaacs, 22 Sonny Parker, 23 Hanno Dirksen.

Referee: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Michael Black, Barrie O'Connell (both Ireland)
TMO: Seamus Flannery (Ireland)

Munster 34-17 Edinburgh

Resurgent Munster made it three consecutive wins in all competitions with a 34-17 victory over Edinburgh at Thomond Park on Saturday.

The result saw them move into third place on the standings.

Tries from Danny Barnes, Simon Zebo and Denis O'Dea, plus a penalty try, gave Munster a 34-10 win over Edinburgh at Thomond Park Stadium

They led 13-5 at half-time, but then dominated a second half that saw two Edinburgh players yellow carded, Munster awarded a penalty try in the 59th minute that sealed the outcome.

There were no Ronan O'Gara heroics this time, but old fashioned Munster might saw the defending champions continue their winning streak.

In a side that had a second string feel to it - Donncha O'Callaghan and Will Chambers were the only two surviving members of the team that lost to arch rivals Leinster last time out in this competition - it was the forwards who ultimately handed Tony McGahan's men the win.

With no O'Gara to call on and deprived of the likes of Paul O'Connell and Doug Howlett, Munster were pushed all the way by a plucky Gunners side, who arrived in Limerick on the back of three impressive wins, including two in the Heineken Cup.

But on the hour mark, a series of scrums, that saw the visitors repeatedly penalised and lose both props to the sin bin, ensured Munster's dominant pack opened enough breathing space.

It was Munster who drew first blood but not via the boot of Ian Keatley. He was wayward with a relatively straightforward looking effort on three minutes but the home crowd didn't have to wait long.

A break from full-back Denis Hurley saw space open up down the left and when he found Danny Barnes near the touchline, the 22-year-old had the simplest of chances to touch down.

Keatley then found his kicking boots for the conversion but back roared Edinburgh and when Jack Gilding intercepted the ball in his own half on 13 minutes, he found Netani Talei, who freed fly-half Phil Godman - who has already missed a simple penalty - to cross and reduce to arrears to two.

Keatley then had three opportunities to add to his side's lead, two of which he took to give Munster a 13-5 lead at half-time.

The Gunners came out of the blocks the strongest after the break however and wing Tom Brown squeezed over in the left corner before the scrum fiasco ensued and Edinburgh found themselves down to 13 men with Gilding and Kyle Traynor in the bin and 20-10 down after a penalty try was awarded.

With the wind in their sails, Munster quickly added to that and on 66 minutes over went centre Simon Zebo before Keatley again added the extras.

The fire in Edinburgh's bellies had not yet gone out however and Greig Laidlaw - just three minutes after replacing Godman - grabbed a try and converted to bring the scores to 27-17.

But as the clock wore down, Munster reasserted their authority as wing Luke O'Dea skidded over in the corner to wrap up the bonus point.

The scorers:

For Munster:
Try: Barnes, Zebo, O'Dea, Penalty try
Con: Keatley 4
Pens: Keatley 2

For Edinburgh:
Tries: Godman, Brown, Laidlaw
Con: Laidlaw

Teams:

Munster: 15 Denis Hurley, 14 Luke O'Dea, 13 Will Chambers, 12 Danny Barnes, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Paddy Butler, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Billy Holland, 5 Mick O'Driscoll (captain), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Marcus Horan.
Replacements: 16 Sean Henry, 17 John Ryan, 18 John Hayes, 19 Ian Nagle, 20 James Coughlan, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Tom Gleeson, 23 Scott Deasy.

Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Sep Visser, 13 Jim Thompson, 12 James King, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Stuart McInally, 7 Ross Rennie, 6 Netani Talei, 5 Steven Turnbull, 4 Sean Cox, 3 Jack Gilding, 2 Steven Lawrie (captain), 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Lewis Niven, 19 Esteban Lozada, 20 Roddy Grant, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Harry Leonard, 23 Gregor Hunter.

Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: John Carvill, Brian Macneice
TMO: Jude Quinn (Ireland)