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April 24, 2021

Benetton v Glasgow Warriors

Posted by Editor on April 24, 2021 09:28 AM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

George Turner is the Warrior to Watch
Disco looks ahead to Glasgow visit to Italy to take on Benetton in the Rainbow Cup.

You can read more of Disco's thoughts on Glasgow's PRO14 - including the Rainbow Cup - and European campaigns, Scotland's international fortunes, and much, much more at his excellent blog On Top of the Moon.

KO 1.00pm GMT (2.00pm local time)
Stadio Monigo
Saturday 24th April 2021
Live on Premier Sports 2

- It's just four weeks since these two sides last met but there are no fewer than 19 changes to the XVs that started at Scotstoun in March.
- Energiser bunny, George Turner is the Warrior to Watch.
- There are 15 players in the Glasgow squad who have come through the academy system - the equal most in any matchday 23 this season.
- At 918kgs this is the heaviest pack fielded by the Warriors during the 2020/21 campaign.

Teams

Benetton

15 Jayden Hayward

14 Leonardo Sarto
13 Juan Ignacio Brex
12 Marco Zanon
11 Monty Ioane

10 Paolo Garbisi
9 Dewaldt Duvenage

1 Thomas Gallo
2 Corniel Els
3 Filippo Alongi
4 Niccolo Cannone
5 Federico Ruzza
6 Riccardo Favretto
7 Michele Lamaro
8 Toa Halafihi

Substitutes

16 Gianmarco Lecchesi
17 Tomas Baravalle
18 Ivan Nemer
19 Irne Herbst
20 Manuel Zuliani
21 Alberto Sgarbi
22 Luca Petrozzi
23 Edoardo Padovani

Glasgow Warriors

15 Cole Forbes

14 Rufus McLean
13 Nick Grigg
12 Sam Johnson
11 Kyle Steyn

10 Ross Thompson
9 George Horne

1 Oli Kebble
2 George Turner
3 Zander Fagerson
4 Richie Gray
5 Robert Harley
6 Fotu Lokotui
7 Fraser Brown
8 Ryan Wilson (Captain)

Substitutes

16 Grant Stewart
17 Tom Lambert
18 D'arcy Rae
19 Leone Nakarawa
20 Rory Darge
21 Ali Price
22 Ian Keatley
23 Ollie Smith

Head to Head:
Back 3 - ADV Benetton
Centres - ADV Glasgow Warriors
Half Backs - EVEN
Front Row - ADV Glasgow Warriors
Second Row - ADV Benetton
Back Row - EVEN
Subs - ADV Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Greetings:
Debuts in the offing for loosehead prop Tom Lambert and newly converted from the dark side back row Rory Darge. Kyle Steyn is back in action more than a year after his last game for the Warriors.

Once A Warrior:
As is now traditional when Glasgow come up against Warrior number 263, Leonardo Sarto, let's throwback to the time he engaged beast mode against Munster at Scotstoun! If Leo hadn't had to deal with two major shoulder injuries he could have had 40 or 50 tries for Glasgow under his belt by now and be on his way to becoming a club legend.

Warrior to Watch:
George Turner is an absolute beast for hard graft. Across the 2019/20 season he averaged 31.3 carries + tackle attempts per 80 minutes. Among the Glasgow squad that figure was only topped by Jonny Gray on 31.6 - a man whose freakish work rate is well known to Warriors, Scotland and now (sadly) Exeter fans.

During the Six Nations, George demonstrated many of the qualities he has embodied since breaking through with the Warriors. He's outstanding in the loose (eg his carry and pass for Duhan van der Merwe's try v England). He hits like a cement truck (eg being one of the few Scots to stop CJ Stander in his tracks against Ireland). He loves a scrap for the ball on the floor (eg any number of rucks throughout the championship).

Glasgow away to Benetton in the PRO12/14 era:
- 7 wins
- 1 loss
- 5 try BPs
- 1 losing BP
- 34 points out of a possible 40 (85%)
- Benetton also won the first encounter between these two sides on Italian soil when it was still the Magners League.

Previous match-up:

Officials:
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR, 100th Championship appearance)
AR1: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
AR2: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO: Steffano Penne (FIR)

Sig. Mitrea's regular season record for 2019/20 in the PRO14:
Matches - 7 (all refs - 101)
Average penalty count - 18.7 per game (all refs - 19.1)
Home penalty percentage - 38% (all refs - 48%)
Average card count - 1.9 per game (all refs - 1.3)
Penalties per card - 10 (all refs - 15)

Sig. Mitrea is making his 100th appearance in the PRO14 and joining fellow centurions, Nigel Owens and George Clancy. Surprisingly given he is one of the league's most experienced officials, it has been more than two years since the Italian official took charge of a Warriors' game. It was a good one though as Glasgow managed a rare victory in Dublin against Leinster.

That match featured possibly the best performance of the 2019/20 season. With a strong side selected, Danny Wilson will be looking for one of the high points of the 2020/21 campaign on Saturday afternoon.

Previous Matches with Benetton
Saturday November 18 2023
Glasgow Warriors 26 12 Benetton Match Report
Friday October 28 2022
Glasgow Warriors 37 0 Benetton Match Report
Friday September 16 2022
Benetton 33 11 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday February 19 2022
Glasgow Warriors 13 3 Benetton Match Report
Saturday November 27 2021
Benetton 19 18 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday April 24 2021
Benetton 46 19 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday March 27 2021
Glasgow Warriors 46 25 Benetton Match Report
Saturday January 4 2020
Benetton Treviso 19 38 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Saturday January 5 2019
Benetton Rugby 20 17 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday September 29 2017
Glasgow Warriors 37 21 Benetton Rugby Match Report
Saturday December 31 2016
Benetton Treviso 28 35 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday October 28 2016
Glasgow Warriors 31 14 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Saturday April 2 2016
Benetton Treviso 16 38 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday November 27 2015
Glasgow Warriors 13 6 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Friday October 31 2014
Glasgow Warriors 17 9 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Sunday October 5 2014
Benetton Treviso 23 40 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday May 2 2014
Benetton Treviso 16 38 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday April 4 2014
Glasgow Warriors 29 10 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Friday December 20 2013
Glasgow Warriors P P Benetton Treviso Match Report
Sunday April 22 2012
Benetton Treviso 8 13 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday September 23 2011
Glasgow Warriors 13 15 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Saturday April 16 2011
Benetton Treviso 19 16 Glasgow Warriors Match Report
Friday March 18 2011
Glasgow Warriors 25 17 Benetton Treviso Match Report
Friday December 3 2010
Glasgow Warriors P P Benetton Treviso Match Report