Pro12: Munster 46-3 Benetton Treviso

Conway scored two of Munster's seven tries

Munster moved to the top of the Pro12 table as they ran in seven tries in a comprehensive bonus-point victory over bottom side Treviso at Thomond Park.

Andrew Conway and Ronan O'Mahony scored two tries apiece, with Robin Copeland, Darren O'Shea and Alex Wootton also crossing for the Irish province.

Tyler Bleyendaal kicked a penalty and three conversions for Munster, with Ian Keatley also adding a conversion.

Ian McKinley's early penalty proved to be Treviso's only score of the match.

With man-of-the-match Bleyendaal pulling the strings from fly-half in freezing temperatures, Munster led 22-3 at half-time.

The hosts took a while to settle, former Leinster fly-half McKinley booting Treviso into an eighth-minute lead before Bleyendaal responded on the quarter-hour mark.

A terrific five-metre scrum saw Munster march Treviso back over their line for number eight Copeland to touch down in the 20th minute, with Bleyendaal converting for 10-3.

The New Zealander increased his influence with a well-weighted chip through, O'Mahony raced up to pressurise the Treviso cover and the onrushing Conway pounced on the loose ball for an unconverted try.

Darren Sweetnam did well to thwart Michael Tagicakibau from McKinley's dangerous cross-field kick, before Munster extended their lead to 19 points with a brilliantly worked 34th-minute try from inside their own half.

Bleyendaal's deft kick pass found O'Mahony, at full tilt, and he did well to link with the supporting Conway who sped along the left touchline for a classy seven-pointer.

O'Shea's first Pro12 try, barely two minutes after the restart, saw him charge onto a Bleyendaal pass and he proved unstoppable from close range. The Kiwi threaded the difficult conversion through the posts for good measure.

Without a large number of players through international call-ups and injuries, Treviso continued to struggle at set-piece time and could not penetrate a solid Munster defence, which was typified by young debutant centre Sam Arnold.

The game lulled along with Munster guilty of poor discipline, before O'Mahony made it over in the corner in the 64th minute after an initial maul had been held up.

Wootton made an immediate impact off the bench, and the Ireland Sevens international rounded his man for the second time to notch a deserved try, converted by Ian Keatley.

Munster could have had a couple more scores late on, but they did register a seventh of the afternoon when Copeland used lineout ball to break to the blindside and feed O'Mahony for another crisp finish.

TEAMS

Munster: A Conway; D Sweetnam, S Arnold, J Taute, R O'Mahony; T Bleyendaal, D Williams; D Kilcoyne, R Marshall, J Ryan; D Foley, D O'Shea; J O'Donoghue, T O'Donnell (capt), R Copeland.

Replacements: N Scannell, T du Toit, S Archer, J Kleyn, B Holland, A Lloyd, I Keatley, A Wootton.

Benetton Treviso: J Hayward; M Tagicakibau, T Iannone, A Sgarbi (capt), L Sperandio; I McKinley, T Tebaldi; A De Marchi, L Bigi, M Zanusso; F Gerosa, M Van Vuren; M Lazzaroni, F Ferrarini, M Barbini.

Replacements: D Giazzon, F Zani, T Pasquali, R Santamaria, F Conforti, E Francesato, A Pratichetti, D Odiete.

Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (SRU), Oisin Quinn (IRFU)

Citing Commissioner: Eddie Walsh (IRFU)