Benetton Rugby team to face Dragons

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After more than a month of absence from the Monigo Stadium, Benetton Rugby will face Dragons on Saturday evening.

There are four changes compared the XV that played last match against Southern Kings.

Full back will be Jayden Hayward, on the wings Luca Sperandio and Monty Ioane. Tommaso Benvenuti and captain Alberto Sgarbi will be right and left centre respectively.

The half backs are Tito Tebaldi at scrum half and Tommaso Allan at fly-half.

The front row will consist of Federico Zani, Tomas Baravalle and Simone Ferrari.

The locks will be Federico Ruzza and Marco Lazzaroni. Finally, the back row sees Marco Barbini, Abraham Steyn and Robert Barbieri completing the XV chosen by Crowley.

BENETTON RUGBY:

15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Luca Sperandio, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi (C), 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Abraham Steyn, 6 Marco Barbini, 5 Marco Lazzaroni, 4 Federico Ruzza, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Tomas Baravalle, 1 Federico Zani.

Available:

16 Hame Faiva, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Nasi Manu, 22 Tommaso Iannone, 23 Marty Banks

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley

Unavailable: Giorgio Bronzini, Dean Budd, Alberto De Marchi, Whetu Douglas, Angelo Esposito, Marco Fuser, Ornel Gega, Edoardo Gori, Irné Herbst, Ian McKinley, Luca Morisi, Marco Riccioni, Micheal Tagicakibau

Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistants: Joy Neville (IRFU), Robert O’Sullivan (IRFU)
Citing Commissar: Roberto Carra (FIR)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)