Edinburgh maintain grip on URC with win over Zebre Parma

Table toppers Edinburgh continued their 100 per cent record in the United Rugby Championship with a 29-12 victory over Zebre in Italy.

The Parma side have picked up only one point this season but they took the lead when Alessandro Fusco crossed for a 12th-minute try after James Grayson had sent over an early penalty for Edinburgh.

The try came with Edinburgh down to 14 men after a yellow card for Malelili Satala, but the visitors turned the tables late in the first half through tries from Matt Currie and Freddy Douglas, with Fusco in the sin-bin.

A 15-5 lead was then extended further by a 56th-minute try from Magnus Bradbury, converted by James Grayson.

Zebre responded after Harri Morris had been shown a yellow card for the Scottish side, Giacomo Ferrari scoring their second try.

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United Rugby Championship

Zebre

12 - 29

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Edinburgh

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But Ewan Ashman crossed in the final minute to secure the bonus point for Edinburgh and complete a strong afternoon at a venue where they have often struggled.

Zebre Parma: Giovanni Montemauri, Mirko Belloni, Giulio Bertaccini, Damiano Mazza, Simone Gesi, Giacomo Da Re, Alessandro Fusco (CAPT); Sergio Pelliccioli, Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Juan Barbotti, Matteo Canali, Leonard Krumov, Alessandro Ortombina. Samuele Locatelli, Davide Ruggeri

Replacements: Francisco Minervino, Federico Pisani, Filippo Alongi, Giacomo Ferrari, Bautista Stavile, Patricio Baronio, Tommaso Allan, Marco Zanon

Edinburgh Rugby: Piers O’Conor, Malelili Satala, Matt Currie (C. CAPT), Mosese Tuipulotu, Geordie Gwynn, James Grayson, Hector Patterson; Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman, Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Callum Hunter-Hill, Glen Young, Liam McConnell, Freddy Douglas, Magnus Bradbury (C. CAPT)

Replacements: Harri Morris, Jamie Stewart, Paul Hill, Marshall Sykes, Tom Currie, Conor McAlpine, Cammy Scott, Rory McHaffie