Benetton Rugby team to face Edinburgh Rugby

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After a great match against RC Toulon in Champions Cup, Benetton Rugby will play the 7th round of the Guinness PRO14 tomorrow at Monigo Stadium.

The opponent of the whites and green Lions will be Edinburgh Rugby.

The match will start at 15.00 and will be directed by Welsh referee Ben Whitehouse and assistants Gwyn Morris and Claudio Blessano.

The Benetton Rugby technical staff have made three changes compared to the XV that faced the French colossus last weekend.

In the list of 23 Lions, Alessandro Zanni comes back after exactly one year from his last appearance.

Full back will be Jayden Hayward, on the wings Angelo Esposito and Luca Sperandio. Ignacio Brex and Alberto Sgarbi will be respectively right and left centre.

The half backs are Tito Tebaldi at scrum half and Ian McKinley at fly-half.

The front row will consist of Federico Zani, Luca Bigi and Simone Ferrari.

Locks will be Marco Fuser and captain Dean Budd. Finally, the back row sees Francesco Minto, Abraham Steyn and Robert Barbieri completing the XV chosen by Crowley.

Benetton Rugby:

15 Jayden Hayward,

14 Angelo Esposito,

13 Ignacio Brex,

12 Alberto Sgarbi,

11 Luca Sperandio,

10 Ian McKinley,

9 Tito Tebaldi,

8 Dean Budd (C),

7 Abraham Steyn,

6 Francesco Minto,

5 Dean Budd (C),

4 Marco Fuser,

3 Simone Ferrari,

2 Luca Bigi,

1 Federico Zani.

Replacements:

16 Tomas Baravalle,

17 Cherif Traore,

18 Tiziano Pasquali,

19 Federico Ruzza,

20 Alessandro Zanni,

21 Sebastian Negri,

22 Giorgio Bronzini,

23 Tommaso Benvenuti

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley U

navailable: Tommaso Allan, Marty Banks, Marco Barbini, Andrea Buondonno, Ornel Gega, Tommaso Iannone, Engjel Makelara, Luca Morisi, Nicola Quaglio, Marco Riccioni, Michael Tagicakibau, Matteo Zanusso.