Challenge Cup: Edinburgh march on
Scotland international John Hardie turned in a man-of-the-match display, setting up Cornell du Preez before he dotted down himself. A penalty try was reward for Edinburgh's first-half forward dominance, as they took a firm grip on Challenge Cup Pool Five.
In Friday's other game Montpellier bounced back from their nightmare start at Harlequins to demolish Calvisano 64-0.
Jake White's side are back in the hunt for a quarterfinal place after their 10-try victory moved them level on points with Cardiff Blues in Pool Three.
Friday's Challenge Cup results:
Agen 6 Edinburgh 27
The scorers:
For Agen:
Pens: Darbo 2
For Edinburgh:
Tries: Penalty try, Du Preez, Hardie
Cons: Tonks 3
Pens: Tonks 2
Agen: 15 François Tardieu, 14 Leka Tagotago, 13 Pierre Fouyssac, 12 Julien Heriteau, 11 Filipo Nakosi, 10 François Bouvier, 9 Clement Darbo (captain), 8 Marc Baget. 7 Antoine Miquel, 6 Sione Tau, 5 Léo Bastien, 4 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 3 Nicolas Chocou, 2 Marc Barthomeuf, 1 Quentin Bethune.
Replacements: 16 Florian Dufour, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Dave Ryan, 19 Corentin Braendlin, 20 Felicien Vergnon, 21 Baptiste Cadiou, 22 Timothé Guillimin, 23 Benoit Sicart.
Edinburgh: 15 Dougie Fife, 14 Tom Brown, 13 William Helu, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Otulea Katoa 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8 Cornell Du Preez, 7 John Hardie, 6 Nasi Manu, 5 Fraser McKenzie, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ross Ford (captain), 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Jamie Ritchie, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Chris Dean.
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Correll (Ireland), Mark Connolly (Ireland)
Montpellier 64 Calvisano 0
The scorers:
For Montpellier:
Tries: O'Connor, Paillaugue, Willemse, Galletier, Penalty try, Mowen, Tuitavake, Malzieu, Ebersohn, Reilhac
Cons: Paillaugue 4, Catrakilis 3
For Calvisano: None
Montpellier: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Julien Malzieu, 13 Anthony Tuitavake, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Benoit Paillaugue, 8 Kelian Galletier, 7 Ben Mowen, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo (c), 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Mickael Ivaldi, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 CJ Van Der Linde, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Robins Tchale Watchou, 20 Akapusi Qera, 21 Nic White, 22 Demetri Catrakilis, 23 Yvan Reilhac.
Calvisano: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Ben De Jager, 13 Alberto Chiesa, 12 Tommy Castello (c), 11 Marco Susio; 10 Filippo Buscema, 9 Riccardo Raffaele, 8 Jim Tuivaiti, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Alessio Zdrilich, 5 Davide Zanetti, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 2 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 1 Sami Panico.
Replacements: 16 Gabriele Morelli, 17 Elia Violi, 18 Rudy Biancotti, 19 Luca Beccaris, 20 Matteo Archetti, 21 Renato Giammarioli, 22 Giacomo De Santis, 23 Daniele Di Giulio.
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Wayne Falla (England)
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