Benetton Rugby team to face Leinster Rugby

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Benetton Rugby will fly from Venice to Dublin for the nineteenth round of Guinness PRO14. The green and whites will face Leinster Rugby tomorrow evening at 7:45pm (8:45pm Italian time).

The match will be directed by Welsh referee Nigel Owens, his assistants Ben Whitehouse, Gwyn Morris and broadcast live on DAZN.

Full back will be Jayden Hayward, on the wings Ratuva Tavuyara and Monty Ioane. Marco Zanon and Luca Morisi will be the centres.

The half backs are Dewaldt Duvenage at scrum half and captain Tommaso Allan at fly-half.

The front row will consist of Nicola Quaglio, Luca Bigi and Marco Riccioni.

Locks will be Irné Herbst and Federico Ruzza. Finally, the back row sees Sebastian Negri, Abraham Steyn and Toa Halafihi completing the XV chosen by Crowley.

Benetton Rugby: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ratuva Tavuyara, 13 Marco Zanon, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan (C), 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Abraham Steyn, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Irné Herbst, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Nicola Quaglio.

Substitutes: 16 Tomas Baravalle, 17 Derrick Appiah, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Giovanni Pettinelli, 21 Tito Tebaldi, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Alberto Sgarbi

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley

Unavailable: Ignacio Brex, Dean Budd, Angelo Esposito, Hame Faiva, Marco Fuser, Ornel Gega, Nasi Manu, Federico Zani

Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Assistants: Ben Whitehouse (WRU), Gwyn Morris (WRU) TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)