BENETTON RUGBY - TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

The match is live on S4C and the referee appointed is Andrew McMenemy, already seen at Monigo this season in the second round against Munster.

There are Important changes and old faces that will come back from long term injury that will be chosen head coach Umberto Casellato.

In the forwards, Davide Giazzon rerturns as hooker, Matteo Zanusso debuts at prop, and flanker Simone Favaro returns.

The back row from Treviso has been missing for nearly a year, and more specifically from October 12, 2013 after the game of the European Cup with Montpellier.

Joe Carlisle returns at fly-half alongside James Ambrosini, Luca Morisi returns at first centre and Ludovico Nitoglia on the wing, with New Zealander Jayden Hayward at full back.

Important news also on the bench with the presence of Amar Kudin and Romulo Acosta, but once again are two significant returns to take the stage.

Edoardo Gori - absent from the match against Munster on 22 March - and the highly anticipated Francesco Minto - stopped for a problem to the cervical vertebrae from the game with the Italian national team against France in the Six Nations on February 9.

Not available players: Albert Anae, Marco Barbini, Dean Budd, Paul Derbyshire, Alberto Lucchese, Bruno Mercanti, Josè Novak, Simone Ragusi, Franco Sbaraglini, Meyer Swanepoel, Tomas Vallejos Cinalli, Corniel Van Zyl, Alessandro Zanni.

Starting line-up:

15 Jayden Hayward
14 Andrea Pratichetti
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Luca Morisi
11 Ludovico Nitoglia
10 Joe Carlisle
9 James Ambrosini
8 Mat Luamanu
7 Marco Lazzaroni
6 Simone Favaro
5 Marco Fuser
4 Antonio Pavanello (captain)
3 Rupert Harden
2 Davide Giazzon
1 Matteo Zanusso

Replacements:

16 Amar Kudin
17 Matteo Muccignat
18 Romulo Acosta
19 Giovanni Maistri
20 Leo Auva'a
21 Francesco Minto
22 Alberto Sgarbi
23 Edoardo Gori

Head Coach: Umberto Casellato.