Leicester dish out lesson to Treviso

Heineken Cup : Rampant Leicester Tigers ran in nine tries and dished out a Heineken Cup lesson to Italian minnows Treviso with…

Heineken Cup: Rampant Leicester Tigers ran in nine tries and dished out a Heineken Cup lesson to Italian minnows Treviso with a 60-16 win on the road this afternoon.

Winger Johne Murphy scored a hat-trick in the last 25 minutes and there were two apiece for Jordan Crane and Toby Flood. A penalty try and one for Geordan Murphy completed the scoring.

Heyneke Meyer's visitors scored 43 unanswered points after a Ben de Jager try for the hosts had pulled them back to 17-16 nine minutes into the second half.

It was one-way traffic from then on and with the likes of Seru Rabeni coming off the bench to great effect, Leicester put on a tremendous show for their travelling fans.

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The Scarlets' campaign lies in tatters after Stade Francais ran in four second-half tries to earn a bonus-point 37-15 victory at the Stade Jean-Bouin.

The Welsh side were only one point behind at the break in Paris but tries by Julien Saubade and Sergio Parisse (two) in the space of eight minutes just after the interval allowed Stade to romp home.

Fullback Lionel Beauxis, who put in a flawless kicking display in booting 17 points, notched the fourth try for the Parisians in the final minute as they made it two wins from two in Pool Four.

Glasgow's quarter-final hopes were left hanging by a thread as Toulouse shook off an error-strewn first half to win 22-16 at Firhill.

The three-time European champions looked like being on the wrong end of an upset early on in last night's Pool Five clash.

But, despite leading 9-7 at the interval, the Warriors' intensity dipped, allowing the French giants to score 15 unanswered points early in the second half.

Lome Fa'atau's late try secured Glasgow a losing bonus point and set up a grandstand finish, but it was not enough.

Toulouse touched down three times through David Skrela, Byron Kelleher and Yannick Jauzion, while Maleli Kunavore scored a drop-goal.

Skrela kicked their other points to make it two wins from two after last week's dramatic victory over Bath.

Glasgow's other points came from the boot of Dan Parks, and the Warriors now needing to win all their remaining games to have a realistic chance of making the last eight.