Player of the Match Matthew Devine bagged two tries as the hosts ran riot in Galway.
ACADEMY SCRUM-HALF MATTHEW Devine crowned his first start for his native Connacht with two tries in the opening half to send them on their way to a valuable URC win as they saw off basement side Zebre by eight tries to two.
Indeed, Zebre hit the front with a drop goal from Lorenzo Pani after 13 minutes while they had the first of three men in the bin after centre Fetuli Paea took 15 minutes for a high hit on John Porch. It took Devine just two minutes to cancel that when he sniped and broke from deep, escaping two tackles before rounding out-half Geronimo Prisciantelli for an excellent try. Hanrahan converted to make it 14-8 and Connacht never looked back.
Enrico Lucchin pulled back a try for the Parma side after 65 minutes but they lost replacement hooker Danilo Fischetti to a late tackle and later lock Andrea Zambonin on another frustrating night for them.
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