Scrum-half Gareth Davies scored two quick-fire tries to lay the foundations for an impressive 26-10 Scarlets win over Benetton Treviso.

Davies showed incredible poise to pounce twice in the first 15 minutes, while Steven Shingler was also on fire with his kicking as he struck with four penalties and two conversions.

A penalty late in the first-half from Tobias Botes and Ludovico Nitoglia’s converted try put points on the scoreboard for Treviso, but they always looked like going home empty-handed.

Scarlets came flying out of the blocks as scrum-half Davies ran over for a scintillating try inside the first five minutes following great work from the scrum.

Shingler kicked the extras but when Treviso had the chance to respond with a penalty soon after, Alberto Di Bernardo could not capitalise.

Franco Smith’s side have beaten Scarlets on three of their last four encounters but the Welsh side were clearly on a mission of revenge and especially Davies, who crossed the whitewash for the second time on the quarter-hour mark – Shingler dead-on with the conversion once more.

Searching for some inspiration, Treviso freshened up their side after half hour as full-back Brendan Williams made way for Fabio Semenzato, while hooker Enrico Ceccato replaced Giovanni Maistri.

Just before the break star man Davies and Di Bernardo were involved in a scuffle which earned the pair a yellow card each – prompting Bates to take over kicking duties for Treviso, drilling over a penalty on the stroke of half-time.

One kicker continuing to proving his worth was fly-half Shingler as he picked up where he left off after the restart with another success off the kicking tee.

But just as the game was beginning to slip away from the visitors, Nitoglia stormed over the try-line to give his side a much-needed boost as Botes drilled over the conversion.

Treviso started to gather momentum but a huge kick from Rhys Priestland pinned them back into their own territory and when the Italian outfit were penalised under pressure, Shingler again hit the target.

Soon after the fly-half’s brother, Aaron, was replaced by returning Lions heroJonathan Davies as his first appearance of the RaboDirect PRO12 season was greeted by a rapturous reception.

Midway through the second-half more ill-discipline from the Treviso ranks did not help their cause – this time Dean Budd seeing yellow – before Shingler was on target with another penalty.

And with ten minutes remaining, it was left for Shingler to knock over his fourth penalty of the game as Scarlets cruised to victory – despite a late effort from the all-action Michele Campagnaro being ruled out by the TMO for a forward pass.