Benetton 36
Zebre 25
■By ADAM ELLIS
A HAT-TRICK for hooker Hame Faiva completed a festive double for Benetton Treviso over rivals Zebre despite an early red card to Nacho Brex.
Faiva secured Benetton’s first try from a powerful catch-and-drive off a lineout on two minutes.
Zebre responded with a penalty from Marcello Violi before the momentum shifted on 18 minutes when centre Brex was shown red for a dangerous dump tackle.
Flanker Johan Meyer immediately capitalised on the extra man advantage, but Benetton continued to push forward as if they had the full comple...