Edinburgh top URC after bonus-point win over Zebre
Edinburgh moved to the top of the United Rugby Championship with a bonus-point victory at Zebre on 10 October 2026. The result made it three wins from three for Sean Everitt's injury-hit side.
James Grayson opened the scoring for the visitors with a penalty before Zebre went ahead when winger Malelili Satala was sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on and Italy scrum-half Alessandro Fusco touched down for the game's first try. Edinburgh regained the lead on the half-hour mark when centre Matt Currie crashed through a couple of defenders to score.
Fusco was shown yellow shortly before half-time and, from the resulting attack, young flanker Freddy Douglas finished at the back of an Edinburgh maul. From that moment, Edinburgh never ceded control.
The second half followed a similar pattern, with the Scottish side dominating both possession and territory. Magnus Bradbury powered over under the posts to register Edinburgh's third try.
Edinburgh replacement hooker Harri Morris was yellow-carded, after which Zebre's Giacamo Ferrari narrowed the deficit. In the final minute, another powerful maul produced Edinburgh's fourth try when Tom Currie grounded the ball.
Tries: Fusco, Ferrari Cons: Allan Tries: M. Currie, Douglas, Bradbury, T. Currie Cons: Grayson 3 Pens: Grayson
Zebre: Giovanni Montemauri, Mirko Belloni, Giulio Bertaccini, Damiano Mazza, Simone Gesi, Giacomo da Re, Alessandro Fusco; Sergio Pelliccioli, Tommaso di Bartolomeo, Juan Barboti, Matteo Canali, Leonard Krumov, Alessandro Ortombina, Samuele Locatelli, Davide Ruggeri. Replacements: Francisco Minervino, Federico Pisani, Filippo Alongi, Giacomo Ferrari, Bautista Stavile Bravin, Patricio Baronio Gauna, Marco Zanon, Tommaso Allan.
Edinburgh: Piers O'Conor, Malelili Satala, Matt Currie, Moses Tuipulotu, Geordie Gwynn, James Grayson, Hector Patterson; Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman, Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Callum Hunder-Hill, Glen Young, Liam McConnell, Freddy Douglas, Magnus Bradbury. Replacements: Harri Morris, Jamie Stewart, Paul Hill, Marshall Sykes, Tom Currie, Conor McAlpine, Cammy Scott, Rory McHaffie.
The late Tom Currie try ensured Edinburgh would take maximum points and left them top of the nascent United Rugby Championship table.