Edinburgh 45-10 Treviso: Tovey inspires big win for hosts
By Press Association
Last Updated: 07/10/16 10:58pm
Duncan Hodge had a win in his first home game since taking interim charge of Edinburgh as they defeated Treviso 45-10 at Murrayfield.
Two tries from Damien Hoyland and one apiece for Hamish Watson and Magnus Bradbury, together with three conversions from Jason Tovey, gave a comfortable half-time lead.
Two further touchdowns from Tom Brown and one from Blair Kinghorn rounded off the victory, while Tommaso Allan booted a penalty for Treviso and added the conversion after Marco Fuser's try.
The Scottish outfit started the evening 10th in the PRO12 table, one place above their Italian opponents,
By full-time, they had impressed with a performance that showcased the enterprise missing throughout Alan Solomons' reign and moved up to eighth.
Edinburgh turned defence into attack to open the scoring. Treviso carried play to the edge of the home 22 but in an attempt to recycle the ball, it squirted out of the ruck.
Hoyland took control and sprinted the length of the field then cut inside Alberto Sgarbi to open the scoring, with Tovey converting.
He added the extras again when Edinburgh claimed their second try after only seven minutes. Sean Kennedy fed Tovey who in turn passed to Watson and, two passes later, the flanker took the return and powered through two attempted tackles to touch down behind the posts.
The visitors enjoyed a spell in the ascendancy but the home defence dealt comfortably with their attacks and it was only through Allan's penalty after 20 minutes that Treviso opened their account.
Any suggestion that the momentum might be turning was swiftly dispelled by a third try for Edinburgh as Hoyland took a pass from Mike Allen to dive in at the corner.
Tovey failed with the conversion attempt but rediscovered his range when the home side claimed the bonus point - their first of the season - after 32 minutes.
Hoyland turned creator when he threw out a pass to Bradbury on the Treviso 10m line and his momentum carried him over before Tovey's kick handed the hosts a 26-3 interval lead.
Treviso's pack had appeared to pose the biggest threat to the home defence and that proved to be the case when Fuser rumbled over from close range.
Allan's conversion took the points tally into double figures but Edinburgh hit back and Brown added try number five after Tovey found him with a sublime floated pass before adding the conversion.
There was a final flourish from the hosts as Tovey launched a towering cross kick and Brown darted between two defenders for his second try, Tovey again converting.
Edinburgh then capped a satisfying night for Hodge when Kinghorn took a scoring pass from John Hardie to bag try number seven in injury time.
