Italian stars feature in Benetton XV
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:17
Benetton, who make their Magners League debut against Scarlets at Stadio Comunale di Monigo in Treviso on Saturday, will lean heavily on the Italian internationals in the region.
The club's South African head coach, Franco Smith, ensured the Italian national side is well represented.
Italian international Luke McLean will take the No.15 jersey, leaving Khris Burton at flyhalf, with Alberto Sgarbi and Ezio Galon as centres, Benjamin de Jager alongside Academy product Tommaso Benvenuti on the wings, while Tobias Botes will play as scrumhalf.
The Italian Test team is also well represented in the scrum - with flanks Alessandro Zanni and Robert Barbieri, together with No.8, new signing Manoa Vosawai.
The captain, Antonio Pavanello, will partner Corniel Van Zyl as lock and former Italian captain Leonardo Ghiraldini will play as hooker in a front row completed by Augusto Allori and Pedro Di Santo.
Benetton Treviso:
15 Luke McLean, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Benjamin de Jager, 10 Khristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Robert Barbieri, 5 Cornelius Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (captain), 3 Pedro Di Santo, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Augusto Allori.
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 19 Enrico Pavanello, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Fabio Semenzato, 22 Simon Picone, 23 Brendan Williams.
Date: Saturday, September 4
Venue: Stadio di Monigo Dahlia, Treviso
Kick-off: 19.05 (17.05 GMT)
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Carlo Damasco (Italy), Angelo Marchesin (Italy).
TMO: Mauro Dordolo (Italy)
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