Munster finish with a flourish
Early tries from Ronan O'Mahony and David Kilcoyne looked to have seen-off the Italian challenge but buoyed by the strength of their pack, Treviso got back in it thanks to a drive-over try from Marco Lazzaroni.
However, Conor Murray strolled through to score in the second-half, before O'Mahony sealed the bonus-point and a comfortable win for Anthony Foley's side – who were already out of the Champions Cup.
It took only five minutes for Munster to break the Treviso resolve. The Munster pack constructed a powerful drive and shunted the Italians back. Scrumhalf Murray darted off the back of a maul and found wing O'Mahony, who powered through the defensive line to break clear and score.
Keatley converted for an early 7-0 advantage, and the Irish province were able to build on their lead 12 minutes later. A Simon Zebo break forced the winless Italians to illegally slow the ball down at a ruck and referee Alexandre Ruiz awarded a penalty.
Murray took a quick tap and go from deep inside Treviso territory and found prop Kilcoyne, who barged over to score a second converted try.
The Treviso pack began to flex their muscles and they got their reward on 37 minutes. Munster flank Billy Holland went offside at a promising rolling maul and was sent to the sin-bin. The hosts made their extra man advantage count as they shunted the resulting line-out over the line for Lazzaroni to score.
Munster thought they had their third try three minutes into the second-half when CJ Stander was driven over the line. But the referee called it back as Keatley was lining up a conversion and ruled the Ireland squad member had knocked on.
However, Murray made sure they had their score after 50 minutes. The scrumhalf sold Lazzaroni with a dummy and ghosted through to score following a line-out on the 22-metre line.
And the bonus-point finally came for Munster in the 66th minute, thanks to a devastating break from replacement Jack O'Donoghue. The centre cut through in his own half and raced down field before feeding the wing, who crashed over in the corner to claim his try and the bonus-point.
Scorers:
For Treviso:
Try: Lazzaroni
For Munster:
Tries: O'Mahony 2, Kilcoyne, Murray
Cons: Keatley 4
Yellow card: Billy Holland (Munster, 31)
Teams:
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Andrea Pratichetti, 13 Enrico Bacchin, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Simone Ragusi, 10 James Ambrosini, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 8 Abraham Steyn, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Marco Lazzaroni, 5 Jean-François Montauriol, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Matteo Zanusso.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Andrea De Marchi, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Tom Palmer, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Tommaso Iannone, 22 Samuel Christie, 23 Luke McLean.
Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Ronan O'Mahony, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Tommy O’Donnell, 6 Billy Holland, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Dave Foley, 3 John Ryan, 2 Mike Sherry, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 James Cronin, 18 Mario Sagario, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Mark Chisholm, 21 Jack O'Donoghue, 22 Tomas O'Leary, 23 Gerhard van den Heever.
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
