Certainly would have taken the W and the score before the game. A few bumps along the way though.
Crying shame for Taylor, who looked as though he'd never been out with such a serious injury. But to play the full last 20 with only 14 was some effort, particularly as I was a bit unsure with some of the officiating. I thought Farndale was going to be called back for offside at one point
A few random thoughts - I take Premier Sports via Sky, and that was definitely the best quality picture from Italy I've seen - looked like proper HD. The single Irish commentator got a bit monotonous with no summariser, but was actually very decent. I think he did the Connacht / Ospreys game this afternoon and seemed to call that pretty neutrally as well.
Couldn't believe Zebre took Canna off - his short kicking game was showing VDW the way to deal with a rush defence, particularly with a relatively inexperienced full back.
But the off pitch highlight of the match for me was the Edinburgh coaches laptops - "Your name could be here". Laughed my socks off - let's hope they get a deal from it