Benetton beat Edinburgh to spoil Kinghorn goodbye

Blair Kinghorn's early try looked to be setting up Edinburgh for a victory

Blair Kinghorn scored two tries but failed to sign off from Edinburgh with a win as Benetton ended a man down but stole the points in a United Rugby Championship thriller.

He opened the scoring, with Matt Currie also crossing for the hosts.

But Ignacio Mendy's try had kept the Italians in touch and a Marco Zanon double secured a shock win.

Indeed, there was to be no fairytale ending for Kinghorn as the crucial try came from his wayward pass.

And, with Eli Snyman red carded with three minutes remaining, Ben Healy was just wide with what would have been a winning drop goal in overtime.

Benetton's first win in Scotland since beating Edinburgh in 2017 lifts the visitors into fifth place in the table, one place above their hosts.

• Reaction & as it happened

More to follow.

Edinburgh: Kinghorn, Goosen, Currie, Lang, Van der Merwe, Healy, Price; Schoeman, Cherry, Nel, Young, Gilchrist (c), Ritchie, Boyle, Crosbie.

Replacements: Ashman, Venter, Williams, Sykes, Dodd, Vellacott, Swiel, Dean.

Benetton: Smith, Odogwu, Fekitoa, Zanon, Mendy, Umaga, Uren; Gallo, Nicotera, Zilocchi, Iachizzi, Snyman, Izekor, Lamaro (c), Cannone.

Replacements: Bernasconi, Spagnalo, Pasquali, Favretto, Halahifi, Time-Stowers, Hidalgo-Clyne, Da Re.

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