Tries: Bowe 4, Walker 2, J Thomas, Byrne, Williams, Shervington Cons: Hook 9.
Treviso (8) 8
Tries: Goosen Pen: Marcato.
 Tommy Bowe scores the first of his four tries against Treviso
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Ireland's Tommy Bowe scored four of the Ospreys' 10 tries as they claimed a bonus point for a Heineken Cup record win over Treviso at Liberty Stadium.
Nikki Walker scored twice with Jonathan Thomas, Lee Byrne, Shane Williams and Ed Shervington also going over.
In the process the Ospreys set new tournament marks of highest team score and winning margin.
There was also a new Ospreys European record for fly-half James Hook, who kicked nine conversions.
The Italian visitors scored first through fly-half Marius Goosen's try, but were no match for the hosts, who were 40-8 ahead at half-time.
After Goosen's try it was one-way traffic as Bowe kicked off the Ospreys' challenge before completing his first-half hat-trick.
The Irishman's first-half touchdowns were interspersed by a Walker brace and one for flanker Thomas on his return from a groin injury.
 James Hook makes a break against Treviso
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However, Walker's involvement was curtailed shortly before the break, the Scottish wing limping off to be replaced by International Rugby Board player of the year Williams.
Adam Jones and flanker Thomas were making their 100th Ospreys appearances, although the prop's afternoon was cut short when he was replaced in the second-half by Cai Griffiths.
Wales full-back Byrne extended the Ospreys lead with the first score of the second-half after Hook's run was again halted.
The fly-half again converted, and the visitors were almost rewarded for their efforts early in the second period when Fraser Waters got over the line only for Williams to wrap himself around the ex-Wasps centre and prevent the touchdown.
Wales star Williams then capped a fine week by touching down after Andrew Bishop's break.
Replacement hooker Shervington also went over and Bowe finished off his man-of-the-match display ahead of next weekend's rematch in Treviso.
Ospreys: Lee Byrne; Tommy Bowe, Sonny Parker, Andrew Bishop, Nikki Walker; James Hook, Rhodri Wells; Paul James (capt), Richard Hibbard, Adam Jones, Ian Gough, Alun Wyn Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Marty Holah, Filo Tiatia.
Replacements: Ed Shervington, Cai Griffiths, Tom Smith, Steve Tandy, Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar, Shane Williams.
Benetton Treviso: Brendan Williams; Emiliano Mulieri, Benjamin De Jager (capt), Fraser Waters, Marius Goosen; Andrea Marcato, Tobias Botes; Franco Sbaraglini, Giorgio Intoppa, Pedro di Santo, Antonio Pavanello, Cornelius Van Zyl, Silvio Orlando, Hottie Louw, Dion Kingi.
Replacements: Diego Vidal, Andrew Ceccato, Enrico Pavanello, Michael Barbieri, Mark Gilbride, Andrew Vilk, Alberto Lucchese.
Referee: Jerome Garces (France).
Att: 7,105
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