WATCH: Emergency outhalf John Cooney sets up glorious Tiernan O’Halloran try

CONNACHT 66-21 ZEBRE

Connacht secured the try-scoring bonus point well before half-time.

In the midst of their worst injury crisis in years, Connacht are on-course for the Champions Cup knock-out stages for the first time in their history. Pat Lam's men beat Italian outfit Zebre 66-21 and emergency outhalf John Cooney contributed 21 of their points. Cooney, who won the European Cup with Leinster in 2012, is a scrum-half by profession but he is in the No.10 jersey after bad injuries to Marnitz Boshoff and Jack Carty. Cooney raced in a fine counter-attack try to level the scores at 14-14 and then set up Tiernan O'Halloran for Connacht's fourth with an outside the boot grubber kick. Stunning assist from John Cooney pic.twitter.com/LekAB3R9gR

— Patrick McCarry (@patmccarry) January 14, 2017

Zebre have been subject to some heavy beatings this year and the trend continued today. O'Halloran, Matt Healy and Kieran Marmion all chipped in with two tries.