De Waal lifts Treviso
Willem de Waal helped Treviso leapfrog Glasgow following a 19-16 Magners League victory at Stadio Monigo.
By Jamie Casey
Last Updated: 16/04/11 6:24pm
Willem de Waal helped Benetton Treviso leapfrog Glasgow Warriors following a 19-16 Magners League victory at Stadio Monigo.
Fly-half de Waal kicked 14 points for the hosts and, after a low-scoring first-half, Treviso flanker Robert Barbieri and Glasgow centre Graeme Morrison scored a try apiece.
The sides then traded penalties before a De Waal drop-goal on 62 minutes edged the hosts in front. Ruaridh Jackson missed two opportunities to add to his 11-point haul for Glasgow, with two penalty misses proving crucial.
A blood injury to Fabio Semenzato forced the Treviso scrum-half to withdraw after just two minutes, being replaced by Simon Picone, while a De Waal penalty broke the deadlock soon after.
Semenzato resumed after treatment, moments after Warriors fly-half Jackson had levelled for the visitors with a penalty of his own and he added to his tally with another in the 26th minute.
Ugly
A stamp by Ryan Grant sparked ugly scenes after the break and the Glasgow prop was yellow-carded for his troubles.
The visitors were down to 14 men when Trevisio scored their only try of the game, as De Waal received from a lineout and fed Barbieri, who burst through a gap, beating two tacklers before stretching over the whitewash.
Jackson missed a chance to cut the deficit with a penalty but, still a man short in Grant's absence, Glasgow captain Morrison found a gap in the Italian defence and crossed for the match-levelling try.
De Waal put his side ahead once again after an infringement in the Scottish scrum but Jackson slotted over in the 55th minute to even things up at 16-16, with Grant having returned to play.
De Wall rounded off his tally with the match-winning points, seizing a drop-goal opportunity after being teed up around 40 yards out and the Warriors were unable to find a way through despite threatening possession late on.
The win lifts Treviso above their opponents into 10th place in the table, with another Italian side in Aironi keeping the two sides off the bottom.
