Sunday 28 April 2019 11:36, UK
Benetton Rugby gained a place in the Guinness PRO14 Final Series for the first time on Saturday.
Look back at the encounters from a busy day of domestic action...
Matthew Screech scored the winning try two minutes from time as Scarlets' hopes of a European Champions Cup spot suffered a blow following defeat to Dragons at the Principality Stadium.
It did not look likely when Dragons trailed 17-6 at half-time but 21 unanswered points in the third quarter set up their best win of the season.
Screech scored two tries for them, Jack Dixon the other with Josh Lewis kicking two penalties and three conversions and Jason Tovey one.
Johnny McNicholl scored two tries for Scarlets, Ioan Nicholas, Gareth Davies and Jonathan Davies the others, with Leigh Halfpenny adding two conversions and a penalty.
Benetton Rugby created their new PRO14 history with a victory over rivals Zebre.
Luca Morisi and Toa Halafihi both scored first-half tries, while Sebastian Negri and Monty Ioane went over in the second period as Benetton extended their season with victory over their fellow Italians.
Zebre were restricted to two first-half penalties from Maicol Azzolini before Mattia Bellini scored a consolation try in the closing stages.
The victory secured Benetton a third-place finish in Conference B and they will play at Glasgow Warriors or Munster in a semi-final qualifier.
The Cheetahs ran in nine tries as they cruised to a convincing win in their final Guinness PRO14 game of the season.
Utility back Shaun Venter touched down twice in an all-South African affair in Bloemfontein, while Abongile Nonkontwana, Walt Steenkamp, Joseph Dweba, Louis Fouche, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, Malcolm Jaer and Boan Venter all went over.
The Kings responded in the second period and closed the gap to 33-25 after half-time through two tries from Harlon Klaasen and Bjorn Basson's effort, but the Cheetahs finished the season on a high.
Neither side harboured hopes of reaching the PRO14's Final Series, while the Cheetahs maintained their record of having never lost to the Kings in the competition.
Sam Davies' last-minute penalty gave Ospreys a Heineken Champions Cup play-off place at the expense of Cardiff Blues.
Gareth Anscombe's 18-point haul was not enough for the Blues to overcome their Welsh rivals, with Ospreys claiming a 26-23 win.
Anscombe, who leaves Blues for Ospreys next season, missed a straightforward kick shortly before Davies' decisive score, to finish with a try, three penalties and two conversions. Josh Turnbull scored Cardiff's other try.
Cory Allen and Nicky Smith scored tries for Ospreys with Davies converting both and adding four penalties.
Ulster's Marcus Rea scored on his senior debut to ensure his side gained the spoils at the Kingspan Stadium.
With both teams' places in the play-offs already secured, the two head coaches made sweeping changes, and Rea took his opportunity with both hands.
The home side kept their visitors scoreless in the second 40 minutes. The back-row forward's try arrived just after the hour-mark and would ultimately prove to be the difference between the duo.
Leinster had held a 13-7 lead at the interval. Jimmy O'Brien crossed first for Leo Cullen's outfit before Dave Shanahan responded. With the time in red, Fergus McFadden then handed his side what would turn out to be their final points of the match.
Glasgow sealed a home Guinness PRO14 semi-final in emphatic fashion with a 34-10 derby victory which ended Edinburgh's hopes of qualifying for next season's Heineken Champions Cup.
Sam Johnson and Ali Price scored in a dominant first-half display from the hosts at Scotstoun and Niko Matawalu crossed to put the game out of sight on the hour mark after a rare spell of pressure from Edinburgh.
Tommy Seymour's breakaway try earned the bonus point before Duhan Van Der Merwe notched a consolation try.
Conor Murray's pre-match withdrawal failed to derail Munster as they closed out the regular season with a win over Connacht at Thomond Park.
Murray, who appeared to hurt his neck, pulled out after a team-mate backed into him at a ruck during the warm-up.
First-half tries from Tadhg Beirne and Mike Haley had the men in red 17-7 ahead at half-time, much-changed Connacht sandwiching in a converted score from fit-again prop Finlay Bealham.
Tyler Bleyendaal's 56th-minute penalty was replied to by a hard-earned Eoin McKeon try, but replacement JJ Hanrahan settled the issue six minutes from the end with a smartly-taken seven-pointer.
