Benetton Rugby - Team Announcement

The game against the Irish team will take place on Sunday at 15:30 with direction entrusted to the Scottish referee Neil Paterson.

The match will be an important moment for Ludovico Nitoglia who reaches the 100th cap in green and white and will enter the pitch before his teammates and alongside Corniel Van Zyl, who made his 150th appearance for the club in the last game in Glasgow.

In the scrum, Dean Budd is finally back, while in the attacking line Joe Carlisle will regain the number 10 jersey, thus moving Sam Christie to inside centre.

Starting line-up:

15 Jayden Hayward
14 Andrea Pratichetti
13 Enrico Bacchin
12 Sam Christie
11 Ludovico Nitoglia
10 Joe Carlisle
9 Alberto Lucchese

8 Mat Luamanu
7 Dean Budd
6 Marco Barbini
5 Corniel Van Zyl (captain)
4 Tomas Vallejos
3 Rupert Harden
2 Davide Giazzon
1 Matteo Zanusso

Replacements:

16 Amar Kudin
17 Josè Novak
18 Romulo Acosta
19 Marco Fuser
20 Meyer Swanepoel
21 Leo Auva'a
22 Ruggero Trevisan
23 James Ambrosini

Head Coach: Umberto Casellato.

PLAYERS NOT AVAILABLE: Paul Derbyshire, Giovanni Maistri, Bruno Mercanti, Antonio Pavanello, Franco Sbaraglini, Alberto Sgarbi.

PLAYERS INVOLVED WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM: Michele Campagnaro, Angelo Esposito, Simone Favaro, Edoardo Gori, Francesco Minto, Luca Morisi, Simone Ragusi (released), Henry Seniloli, Alessandro Zanni.

PLAYERS DISQUALIFIED: Albert Anae.

PERMIT PLAYERS: Ornel Gega (Marchiol Mogliano).

TICKET OFFICE - The ticket office at Stadio Monigo will be open from 14.00, the same time as the opening of the gates.
EVENT SPONSOR - Event sponsor of the day will be Lattebusche, which will customize the hospitality area and award the supporters at the end of the game.
TV COVERAGE - Live on Nuvolari (channel 60 and 224 of DDT) with commentary by Federico Meda and Tommaso Visentin.
LIVE - The game can be followed live on Radio VenetoUno (97.5) and on the official Twitter account of Benetton Rugby.
GUARD OF HONOUR - Will be done by the Under 10s and 12s of Rugby Villorba and Selvazzano Rugby.