Benetton Rugby team to face Newport Gwent Dragons

Except for Luca Morisi and Matteo Zanusso , Treviso will be without the players selected by Jacques Brunel, coach of the national team, in view of the match between Italy vs Scotland in the third round of the Six Nations 2016. Unavailable for the match are Santamaria and Alberto De Marchi, Man of the match of the last round, who has a a back problem.

Full back will be Jayden Hayward, on the wings Ludovico Nitoglia and Angelo Esposito. Luca Morisi and Alberto Sgarbi will be respectively right and left centre.

The half backs are Alberto Lucchese at scrum half and Sam Christie at fly-half.

The front row will consist of Cherif Traorè, Luca Bigi and Simone Ferrari.

Locks will be Filo Paulo and Tom Palmer. Finally, the back row sees Andrea De Marchi, Marco Lazzaroni, and Dean Budd completing the XV chosen by Coach Goosen.

Benetton Rugby: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Alberto Sgarbi ( C ), 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Sam Christie, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 8 Dean Budd, 7 Marco Lazzaroni, 6 Andrea De Marchi, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Cherif Traorè.

Replacements: 16 Filippo Filippetto, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Manu Salesi, 19 Jeff Montauriol, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Robert Barbieri, 22 Chris Smylie, 23 Tommaso Iannone

Unavailable: Roberto Santamaria, Alberto De Marchi