Unfancied Benetton qualified for this weekend's Rainbow Cup final via a cancellation that left Irish province Munster upset with the outcome.
Connacht survived a major scare as Bundee Aki crossed in the final minute to snatch a 19-17 Guinness PRO14 win at Benetton.
Playing for 2 countries at Test level has been outlawed for some time but Six Nations highlights how changing allegiance still happens.
Three tries in the final 20 minutes helped Leicester to a bonus-point win over Brive in their opening match of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Italy are on a horrible losing streak in the Six Nations and things won't get any easier with title-chasing England in Rome on Saturday.
The new skipper suffered costly mistakes in the defeats to Ireland and England, but he went some way to atoning for those blunders as he opened the scoring in a 17-0 win.
Buoyed by their resilience in the 22-35 round two defeat to France in Paris, interim head coach Franco Smith has kept the faith with his starting XV.
RugbyPass' Six Nations XV of the Week for Round 2 of the tournament, as Ireland and France moved into commanding positions atop the table.
Romain Ntamack raced in the bonus-point score in Paris to seal five-try France a patchy 35-22 victory over Italy.
New Azzurri boss Franco Smith has opted not to make wholesale changes following last weekend 42-0 beating at Wales.
