Champions Cup: Leicester 47-7 Treviso
Last Updated: 17/01/16 10:23pm
Leicester have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup after beating Treviso 47-7 at Welford Road.
The bonus-point win ensures Richard Cockerill's side remain unbeaten in Europe this season, with an away trip to Stade Francais to come in the final round of the group stage.
Tries from Michael Fitzgerald, Niki Goneva and Adam Thompstone, along with a penalty try, brought up the bonus point for Leicester in the first half, while Ben Youngs, Freddie Burns and Laurence Pearce added second-half scores. Fly-half Freddie Burns contributed 10 points with his boot.
Treviso scored a try of their own through Andrea Pratichetti, but were blown away by the Premiership side in front of their home fans.
Fitzgerald got the scoring underway early when a simple two-on-one on the outside saw him receive a pass from Manu Tuilagi, and the flanker made it 7-0 to the home side following Burns' conversion.
The Tigers scrum earned the second try when on the opposition 5 metre line they shoved Treviso back far enough to send the referee under the poles to award a penalty try.
The third try came from Freddie Burns switching round the corner before putting in a chip to chase himself, however Goneva got there first to give Burns another conversion attempt which he slotted to make it 21-0.
Treviso hit back when Pratichetti sliced through the Tigers defence to race through untouched, but Thompstone's 37th-minute try gave Leicester the bonus point and brought an end to a completely dominant half from the home side.
The Tigers started the second half with similar intent, with Ben Youngs catching everyone off guard after taking a quick lineout and spotting space to dot down for a 33-7 scoreline, after Burns' first miss of the night.
Burns made amends when he put through a grubber in the opposition 22m area which he managed to dive on once it had rolled into the in-goal area, before Pearce rounded off the try-scoring with Tigers' seventh of the night, crashing over from close range.
Though Tigers had an extra man during the last ten minutes after Simone Ferrari was sent to the bin after repeated scrum infringements, they were unable to make it count, with Pearce the only man to score during that period.
The win sends Tigers cruising through the the quarter-finals, following the lead of Premiership rivals Saracens, who beat Ulster to claim their place in the knock-out stages.
