URC - Benetton vs Lions on 5 November 2023



November 5, 2023 - The match was played in Treviso on Sunday 5 November 2023, and kick-off was at 15:30 SA Time.

Officials

Referee: Peter Martin
AR1: Frank Murphy
AR2: Oisin Quinn
TMO: Olly Hodges

Teams

Benetton: 15. Rhyno Smith, 14. Edoardo Padovani, 13. Malakai Fekitoa, 12. Filippo Drago, 11. Ignacio Mendy, 10. Tomas Albornoz, 9. Andy Uren, 8. Lorenzo Cannone, 7. Sebastian Negri, 6. Alessandro Izekor, 5. Eli Snyman (c), 4. Edoardo Iachizzi, 3. Simone Ferrari, 2. Giacomo Nicotera, 1. Thomas Gallo.
Replacements: 16. Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17. Mirco Spagnolo, 18. Giosué Zilocchi, 19. Niccolò Cannone, 20. Michele Lamaro, 21. Alessandro Garbisi, 22. Jacob Umaga, 23. Marco Zanon

Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Richard Kriel, 13. Henco van Wyk, 12. Marius Louw (c), 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 9. Sanele Nohamba, 8. Francke Horn, 7. Emmanuel Tshituka, 6. Hanru Sirgel, 5. Darrien Landsberg, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 2. PJ Botha, 1. Morgan Naude.
Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Corne Fourie, 18. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19. Willem Alberts, 20. JC Pretorius, 21. Morne vd Berg, 22. Rynhardt Jonker, 23. Andries Coetzee.

Scorers

Benetton: 15 (7): Tries: Malakai Fekitoa, Edoardo Padovani. Conversions: Tomas Albornoz. Penalties: Jacob Umaga.

Lions: 10 (3): Tries: Asenathi Ntlabakanye. Conversions: Sanele Nohamba. Penalties: Jordan Hendrikse.

“Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.”