Smith gives a lesson in class

By BEN JAYCOCK

Benetton ........ 24
Edinburgh........ 17
Edinburgh crashed to defeat despite the Italians playing with 14 men for 70 minutes after Matteo Minozzi saw red on his debut after a reckless collision with Wes Goosen.
Benetton led 10-3 at the interval thanks to tries from Marcus Watson and Sebastian Negri. Edinburgh full-back Henry Immelman twice levelled the game with second-half scores but Rhyno Smith scored the decisive try on 67 minutes adding to Niccolo Cannone’s effort.
Charlie Savala scored the first points of the match with a penalty for Edinburgh before Minozzi caught ...

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