A whirlwind Round 3 is now filed away and as we move into a rest week coaches are taking stock, bruises are healing and some clubs are smiling at the Conference tables. The weekend was packed with breathless tries, crunching hits and a number of players who are already stamping their boots all over 2019⁄20 – here’s what you might have missed. PARRY LEADS PACK MILESTONES The weekend was notable for a number of big moments in the front row department, chief among them hat-trick hero Sam Parry. The 27-year-old Ospreys No.2 had a huge hand in the 24-20 victory over Benetton Rugby – who themselves almost pulled off a miraculous late comeback from being 24-6 down having lost Marco Lazzaroni to an early red. Parry becomes the first forward to score two hat-tricks in Guinness PRO14 history, firing the Ospreys to their first win of the season. There was another try-scoring hooker in action, this time in west Wales, as Taylor Davies memorably touched down on debut for Scarlets in their pulsating 54-10 victory over Zebre – more on that later. One more for the front row club, prop Michael Bent has 127 appearances for Leinster but never had he scored at the RDS before. He has now, touching down as a large crowd cheered on the win over Edinburgh.
