Benetton Rugby - Team Announcement

A game charged with emotions, as the crowd will have the opportunity to bid goodbye to the "Green&Whites", will be refereed by the Irish official George Clancy.

There will be an honorary solo entry for Tobias Botes, who landmarked 100 games during the last fixture in Dublin against Leinster, and primarily Brendan Williams who will celebrate the milestone of 250 games with the jersey of Benetton Treviso, will take place before the game.

Marius Goosen will not have at his disposal Christian Loamanu who was hit hard during the last fixture against Leinster, during an incident that had initially raised fears of more serious consequences. Luke McLean will take his place, with the Australian "Dingo" - Brendan Williams - being moved to a fullback position.

Furthermore, other casualties include Corniel Van Zyl and Robert Barbieri who will not be available for selection and will be substituted by Marco Fuser and Manoa Vosawai respectively.

Unavailable for selection: Francesco Minto, Simone Favaro, Luca Morisi, Alessandro Zanni, Franco Sbaraglini, Edoardo Gori, Michele Rizzo, Corniel Van Zyl, Christian Loamanu and Robert Barbieri.

TICKET OFFICE - On Friday, at the stadium the ticket office will open at 18:30, in accordance with the indications provided by Treviso's Police Force. During the day, one can purchase tickets at the Athletic Complex "La Ghirada" which will stay open until 12:00.

EVENT SPONSOR - The Event Sponsor of the fixture is Delfino, who will customize the Hospitality area and will reward a number of lucky fans.

TV BROADCAST- The fixture will be covered live by Italia 2, channel 35 on the digital platform.

RADIO BROADCAST- The fixture can also be followed live through Benetton Rugby's Twitter channel and Radio VenetoUno (97.5).

GUARD OF HONOUR - The teams that will form the pre-game Guard of Honour are the youth sides of GS Abano and ASD Scuola Rugby Dosson di Casier.

SIDE EVENTS - Honda-Gruppo Ceccato and Cofiloc will be exhibiting their automobiles and machinery respectively.

SPECIAL FANS - The boys of I Draghi supporters school will be present in the stands.

FLYERS - Flyers regarding the Veneto Derby Day of the 3rd of May and the La Colonna Association will be handed out by exceptional distributors.

FLAG - Before the match, CRV Chairman Marzio Innocenti will deliver the Dogi's flag to Benetton Rugby's Chairman, Amerino Zatta.

REWARD - At the end of the match, Benetton Rugby's Chairman Amerino Zatta will reward Brendan Williams with a special composition by maestro Varisco as an acknowledgment for his 250 appearances with the "Green&White" jersey.

MATCH: BENETTON TREVISO vs GLASGOW WARRIORS
VENUE: STADIO MONIGO (TREVISO)
DATE: 2nd May 2014
K.O.: (8 pm)


Starting line-up:

15 Brendan Williams
14 Ludovico Nitoglia
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Luke McLean
11 Angelo Esposito
10 Mat Berquist
9 Tobias Botes

8 Marco Filippucci
7 Paul Derbyshire
6 Manoa Vosawai
5 Marco Fuser
4 Antonio Pavanello (captain)
3 Lorenzo Cittadini
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
1 Alberto De Marchi

Replacements

16 Giovanni Maistri
17 Matteo Muccignat
18 Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet
19 Valerio Bernabò
20 Dean Budd
21 Alberto Sgarbi
22 Fabio Semenzato
23 James Ambrosini

Head Coach: Marius Goosen.