Perpignan winger Farid Sid scored two tries in his side's final European encounter of the season
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Matches: Benetton Treviso 16 - 48 Perpignan

Tournaments/Tours: Heineken Cup | Heineken Cup

Teams: Benetton Treviso | France | Italy | Perpignan

Perpignan concluded their Heineken Cup campaign with a resounding victory over Pool Three whipping boys Treviso.

The French visitors led 24-9 by half-time and never looked like letting the Italians back into the match. Tries from Guilhem Guirado, Nicolas Durand, Farid Sid (2), Adrien Plante, Olivier Olibeau, Christophe Manas and Jerome Porical made it another miserable day for Treviso, who finish bottom of the pool with no points.

Kicking points for Perpignan were shared out between Porical and Steve Meyer. Fullback Brendan Williams got Treviso's only try, which came midway through the second half, with their other points coming from the boot of Andrea Marcato.

Victory was not enough to lift Perpignan to second place in the pool, with Ospreys' victory over Leicester ensuring the Welsh side finished as runners-up.

Treviso: Brendan Williams, Emiliano Mulieri, Marius Goosen, Marco Neethling, Andrew Vilk, Andrea Marcato, Tobias Botes, Franco Sbaraglini, Enrico Ceccato, Pedro di Santo, Enrico Pavanello, Cornelius Van Zyl, Mark Gilbride, Hottie Louw, Dion Kingi

Replacements: Diego Vidal, Andrea Ceccato, Marco Filippucci, Robert Barbieri, Silvio Orlando, Alberto Sgarbi, Alberto Lucchese

Perpignan: Jérôme Porical, Farid Sid, Maxime Mermoz, Gavin Hume, Adrien Plante, Steve Meyer, Nicolas Durand, Jérôme Schuster, Guilhem Guirado, Nicolas Mas, Olivier Olibeau, Gerrie Britz, Grégory Le Corvec, Jean-Pierre Perez, Damien Chouly

Replacements: Charles Geli, Sebastian Bozzi, Guillaume Vilaceca, Ovidiu Tonita, Viliami Vaki, David Mele, Christophe Manas

Man of the Match: Jérôme Porical (Perpignan)