Ireland Sevens international Andrew Maxwell tallied up a hat trick of first half tries to guide Ulster to a 43-26 Heineken Cup Pool Four win in Treviso on Saturday.

HEINEKEN CUP: POOL FOUR: Saturday, January 21

BENETTON TREVISO 26 ULSTER 43, Stadio Comunale di Monigio (Att: 3,500)

Scorers: Treviso: Alvaro Tejeda 2, Brendan Williams, Scott Palmer; Cons: Marius Goosen 3

Ulster: Tries: Andrew Maxwell 3, Andrew Trimble 2, Paddy Wallace; Cons: Adam Larkin 5; Pen: Larkin

TREVISO: Brendan Williams; Stuart Legg, Gabriel Pizarro, Matteo Barbini, Pablo Calanchini; Marius Goosen, Alessandro Troncon (capt); Franco Sbaraglini, Alvaro Tejeda, Hernan Mazino, Antonio Pavanello, Marco Wentzel, David Dal Maso, Silvio Orlando, Scott Palmer.

Replacements used: Augusto Allori for Sbaraglini (35 mins), Dion Kingi for A Pavanello (50), Fabio Ongaro for Tejeda, Andrea Marcato for Barbini (both 52), Massimiliano Perziano for Calanchini (60), Enrico Pavanello for Dal Maso (61), Simon Picone for Troncon (68).

ULSTER: Tommy Bowe; James Topping, Andrew Trimble, Paul Steinmetz, Andrew Maxwell; Adam Larkin, Isaac Boss; Justin Fitzpatrick, Nigel Brady, Bryan Young, Justin Harrison (capt), Matt McCullough, Neil Best, Stephen Ferris, Roger Wilson.

Replacements used: Rod Moore for Young (31-33 mins, 70), Kieran Campbell for Boss (50), Paul Shields for Brady (56), Paddy Wallace for Larkin (60), Neil McMillan for Ferris (61), Jonny Bell for Topping (68), Rowan Frost for McCullough (78).

Sin Bin: Orlando (Treviso) (13 mins), Trimble (Ulster) (40+2), N Best (Ulster) (80+2)

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)