Ospreys crush Treviso to achieve historic hat-trick of bonus point wins
Alun Wyn Jones came off the bench to plunder a late try
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Ospreys 64-10 Benetton Treviso
Steve Tandy's Ospreys crushed Treviso by 64-10 at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea during the 2016-17 Pro12 clash on Saturday to achieve historic hat-trick of bonus point wins in an unbeaten season.
The Welsh side ran eight tries in addition to a penalty try against the Italian side, who in response managed to score just one converted try on the penultimate minute of the match along with an earlier penalty.
Centre Ben John (21), hooker Sam Parry (29), wing Jeff Hassler (34), fullback Dan Evans (36), wing Dafydd Howells (45) along with replacements Keelan Giles (60), Ma'afu Fia (66) and Alun Wyn Jones (70) crossed over the try line for the Ospreys.
Match referee Lloyd Linton also awarded the hosts a penalty try in the 52nd minute.
Fly-half Sam Davies managed to successfully convert four out of five tries in addition to scoring a penalty on the 15th minute. His replacement Dan Biggar as expected maintained a perfect kicking record by slotting all four conversions.
Flanker Dean Budd (79) was the lone try scorer for Treviso. Fly-half Tommaso Allan successfully converted Budd's try in addition to scoring a penalty in the 17th minute.
The visitors lost three players to the sin-bin in the second half. Luca Bigi (50), Ian McKinley (53) and Braam Steyn (64) did not help the Italian side's cause by further weakening them against a dominant Ospreys side.
The win has now rightfully placed the Welsh club at the top of 2016-17 standings with Treviso lingering at the bottom of the barrel.
