The home side began well to establish a 12-0 advantage inside the first 15 minutes through a brace of tries by Tebaldi who finished strongly on both occasions while fly-half Ian McKinley added one conversion.

But Agen kept their composure and gradually gained a foothold in the game through a penalty by scrum-half Hugo Verdu close to the half-hour.

 The visitors then gave themselves a major lift two minutes from the interval when number eight Loic Hocquet found a gap in the defence and strode over for a try which Verdu converted to cut the deficit to two points at the break.

Mi-temps à Trévise. @agen_rugby est bien revenu dans ce match avec cet essai de Loic Hocquet. Gros combat dans cette rencontre mais les Agenais répondent présents dans les duels ! 💪#BRSUA #J5ERCC pic.twitter.com/XAdsFNrnd3

— SUA LG (@agen_rugby) January 12, 2019

But Benetton took a firm grip on proceedings with a three-try burst in the opening 20 minutes of the second period.

Fijian Ratuva Tavuyara finished off some good handling to cross twice and fellow winger Monty Ioane also crossed following a neat build-up.

Then with 15 minutes remaining Tebaldi completed his hat-trick to effectively settle matters.

#BENvAGE 65' [38-10] Metaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa di Tebaldi! Un calcio di Tavuyara raccolto al volo da Ioane, palla poi per Iannone che manda in meta il mediano di mischia dei Leoni pic.twitter.com/tbzrNn7WpJ

— Benetton Rugby 🦁 (@BenettonRugby) January 12, 2019

 Agen kept going right to the end and their persistence was rewarded with tries by centre Sam Vaka and prop Giorgi Tetrashvili both converted by replacement Thomas Vincent.

 Pool 5 has been closely contested and the final standing will be decided next Friday evening when Benetton travel to Grenoble and Agen host Harlequins.