Glasgow ease to six-try win after Benetton red card

Glasgow capitalised on poor discipline from Benetton

United Rugby Championship

Glasgow Warriors (14) 42

Tries: Steyn 2, M Fagerson, Darge, Dobie, Ferrie Conversion: Hastings 2, Weir 4

Benetton (7) 10

Tries: Spagnolo Penalties: Umaga Conversion: Umaga

Glasgow Warriors secured a bonus-point win over Benetton, who were down to 14 men for the entire second half after lock Scott Scrafton saw red for a high shot on Adam Hastings just before the break.

Franco Smith's United Rugby Championship title holders were 14-7 ahead at the time, with tries from Kyle Steyn and Matt Fagerson.

Rory Darge and Jamie Dobie ensured the bonus point before Benetton were reduced to 13 when Paolo Odogwu got binned.

Moments after, the irrepressible Sione Tuipulotu hit Steyn with a long skip pass and the captain went in for his second.

Euan Ferrie, the flanker filling in on the wing for a chunk of the second half, powered over from closer range to make it six tries right at the end. Duncan Weir added the extras.

Poor Benetton went down to 12 men for a short spell towards the end, their discipline shot to smithereens on a bruising night that could have been a whole lot worse had Glasgow been more ruthless with their many chances.

Glasgow got off to a blistering start with a try from deep, started by the irrepressible Sione Tuipulotu - from the centre to Hastings, who put Josh McKay through a gap. McKay found Kyle Rowe up the left and he laid it off to Steyn with ease.

Then Glasgow hit them with another, inspired again by Tuipulotu, who stepped away from one tackle and spun out of another to put Fagerson away.

Glasgow were cutting Benetton apart, but the visitors briefly gave their hosts a dose of their own medicine when scoring off a driven lineout, loosehead Spagnolo touching down.

Shortly before the break, though, the game turned when Scrafton hit Hastings illegally.

Hastings did not reappear for a second half during which Jacob Umaga narrowed the gap to 14-10, but the floodgates opened from there.

Benetton spilled it coming out of their 22 and Tom Jordan set up Darge.

Soon after, a slick move off a scrum led to Steyn and Dobie cutting through, the scrum-half skipping over. That was the bonus point. Job done.

Odogwu took Steyn out in the air and saw yellow. Steyn made it a double whammy punishment when scoring seconds later.

The excellent Ferrie popped up in unfamiliar territory to round it off.

They could have scored a bucket more, but the champions are up and running with a five-pointer.

What they said

Glasgow Warriors head coach Franco Smith on Premier Sports: "We never talked much about the loss last week. A lot of the players had their first outing in contact environment, so we took a lot of heart from the performance.

"Tonight, we asked for progression and in most areas we saw that. It was an important step for us. We missed opportunities, but I'm still happy with the general performance."

Glasgow Warriors: McKay, Steyn, Tuipulotu, Jordan, Rowe, Hastings, Dobie, McBeth, Hiddleston, Z Fagerson, Williamson, Gray, Ferrie, Darge, M Fagerson.

Replacements: Matthews, Sutherland, Talakai, Samuel, Cummings, Brown, G Horne, Weir.

Benetton Treviso: Gallagher, Lynagh, Fekitoa, Zanon, Ratave, Umaga, Uren, Spagnolo, Maile, Ferrari, Scrafton, Snyman, Izekor, Zuliani, Negri.

Replacements: Manfredi, Aminu, Genovese, Favretto, Halafihi, Garbisi, Marin, Odogwu.

Sin Bin: Odogwu (62), Snyman (69).

Sent Off: Scrafton (39).