Leinster escape with a draw

 

The Italian side did however claim a bonus point with four tries against a lacklustre Leinster side, missing ten players away on international duty.

 

Hayward's late miss off the tee from 20 metres was a theme throughout, with neither team successfully scoring a penalty in 80 keenly-contested minutes.

 

Leinster's troubles began before kick-off when Luke Fitzgerald suffered an injury in the warm-up, forcing coach Matt O'Connor to draft Brendan Macken in at centre.

 

Meanwhile, tries from Dougie Fife, Andries Strauss and Tom Brown earned Edinburgh only their second PRO12 victory 28-13 against Cardiff since the opening day of the season.

 

Cardiff, in poor form themselves, were led by Adam Jones for the first time, while new arrival Gareth Anscombe was thrown straight in at full-back by Mark Hammett.

 

But indiscipline disrupted the visitors' rhythm as early as the third minute, with Jarrad Hoeata sent to the sin bin.

 

And they were made to pay four minutes later as Strauss crossed, with Tom Heathcote adding the extras.

 

 

 

 

Tries: Pratichetti, Budd, Barbini, Giazzon

Cons: Hayward 2

 

Tries: Fanning 2, Kearney, Byrne

Cons: Gopperth 2

 

Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Andrea Pratichetti, 13 Enrico Bacchin, 12 Sam Christie, 11 Ludovico Nitoglia, 10 Joe Carlisle, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 8 Mat Luamanu, 7 Dean Budd, 6 Marco Barbini, 5 Corniel Van Zyl (captain), 4 Tomas Vallejos, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Davide Giazzon, 1 Matteo Zanusso.

Replacements: 16 Amar Kudin, 17 Josè Novak, 18 Romulo Acosta, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Meyer Swanepoel, 21 Leo Auva'a, 22 Ruggero Trevisan, 23 James Ambrosini.

 

Leinster: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Darragh Fanning, 13 Luke Fitzgerald, 12 Noel Reid, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Kevin McLaughlin (captain), 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Tom Denton, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Michael Bent.

Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Ben Marshall, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Brendan Macken.

 

Referee: Neil Paterson

Assistant referees: Claudio Blessano, Andrea Spadoni

TMO: Mauro Dordolo

 

 

 

Tries: Strauss, Fife, Brown

Cons: Heathcote 2

Pens: Heathcote 3

 

Try: Thomas

Con: Davies

Pens: Davies 2

 

Edinburgh: 15 Nick McLennan, 14 Dougie Fifi, 13 Sam Beard, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 8 David Denton, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Mike Coman (captain), 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Ollie Atkins, 3 Willem Nel, 2 James Hilterbrand, 1 Rory Sutherland.

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 John Andress, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Tomas Leonardi, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Matt Scott.

 

Cardiff Blues: 15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 Richard Smith, 13 Adam Thomas, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Dan Fish, 10 Gareth Davies, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 Macauley Cook, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Adam Jones (captain), 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Sam Hobbs.

Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Chris Dicomidis, 20 Josh Navidi, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Garyn Smith, 23 Geraint Walsh.

 

Referee: Leo Colgan 

Assistant referees: David Changleng, Stephen Hart 

TMO: Iain Ramage