Treviso rule in Italy

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Treviso came out on top in Friday's first ever Italian derby, beating Aironi 15-10 in tight game at Stadio di Monigo.

Treviso came out on top in Friday's first ever Italian derby beating Aironi 15-10 in tight game at Stadio di Monigo.

Aironi scrum-half Tito Tebaldi scored the only try of the contest after 20 minutes, which he converted himself, before adding a penalty in the 47th minute.

But Treviso replied with four penalties from Tobias Botes and a drop-goal from Kristopher Burton to claim their fifth victory of their inaugural Magners League campaign.

Aironi secured a losing bonus point but remain adrift at the foot of the table.

The scorers:

For Treviso:
Pens: Botes 4
Drop: Burton

For Aironi:
Try: Tebaldi
Con: Tebaldi
Pen: Tebaldi

Yellow cards: Bortolami

Treviso: 15 Brendan Williams, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Ludovico Nitoglia, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Paul Derbyshire, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Marco Filippucci, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (c), 3 Pedro Di Santo, 2 Franco Sbaraglini, 1 Augusto Allori.
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 19 Valerio Bernabò, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Benjamin De Jager, 22 Edoardo Gori, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.

Aironi: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Rodd Penney, 12 Gabriel Pizarro, 11 Matteo Pratichetti, 10 James Marshall, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Josh Sole, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys (captain), 4 Marco Bortolami, 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements: 16 Roberto Santamaria, 17 Luca Redolfini, 18 Salvatore Perugini, 19 Carlo Del Fava, 20 Gareth Krause, 21 Pablo Canavosio, 22 Riccardo Bocchino, 23 Paolo Buso.

Venue: Stadio di Monigo
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assistant referees: Alan Falzone (Italy), Stefano Traversi (Italy)
TMO: Mauro Dordolo (Italy)