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October 28, 2022

Glasgow Warriors v Benetton

Posted by Editor on October 28, 2022 03:06 PM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Sebastian Cancelliere is the Warrior to Watch
Disco looks ahead to Glasgow's URC meeting with Benetton at Scotstoun this evening (ko 7.35pm).

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

KO 7.35 at Scotstoun Stadium
Friday 28th October 2022
Live on Premier Sports 1

- There may be just 6 weeks separating this fixture and these sides' season opening clashing in Treviso but the starting XVs are barely recognisable from early September. There are just 6 returning starters for Benetton and 5 for Glasgow - Sebastian Cancelliere, Stafford McDowall, Kyle Steyn, Fraser Brown and Sintu Manjezi.
- There are 39 players unavailable to play in this fixture across the two sides - 25 are away with their national teams (11 for Glasgow and 14 for Benetton) and 14 are injured (9 for Glasgow and 5 for Benetton).
- Fraser Brown and Ryan Wilson have more previous appearances for the Warriors (343) than the rest of the starting XV combined (291).
- Weegentinian winger Sebastian Cancelliere is the Warrior to Watch.

Teams

Glasgow Warriors

15 J. McKay (17)

14 S. CANCELLIERE (13)
13 K. STEYN (51) (CAPTAIN)
12 S. McDowall (40)
11 R. MCLEAN (22)

10 D. MIOTTI (9)
9 J. DOBIE (37)

1 O. KEBBLE (81)
2 F. BROWN (127)
3 M. Walker (7)
4 S. Manjezi (5)
5 A. Samuel (0)
6 R. WILSON (216)
7 G. Brown (8)
8 S. VAILANU (1)

SUBSTITUTES

16 J. Matthews (32)
17 N. McBeth (7)
18 S. BERGHAN (14)
19 J.P. du Preez (4)
20 L. Bean (19)
21 E. Ferrie (0)
22 S. Kennedy (20)
23 T. Jordan (5)

Benetton

15 R. Smith (19)

14 I. MENDY (5)
13 J. Riera (35)
12 M. ZANON (52)
11 M. BELLINI (7)

10 G. DA RE (7)
9 D. Duvenage (77) (CAPTAIN)

1 N. TETAZ (16)
2 F. ZANI (67)
3 T. PASQUALI (103)
4 S. Scrafton (5)
5 C. Wegner (16)
6 G. PETTINELLI (61)
7 S. NEGRI (60)
8 H. TIME-STOWERS (2)

SUBSTITUTES

16 M. Arroyo (2)
17 T. GALLO (33)
18 F. ALONGI (20)
19 M. LAZZARONI (119)
20 B. STEYN (96)
21 A. Izekor (4)
22 A. GARBISI (14)
21 M. Watson (2)

(players in CAPITALS are full internationals; figures in brackets are previous appearances for Glasgow Warriors or Benetton)

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

Glasgow Greetings:
Giant lock, Alex Samuel, will make his debut while Euan Ferrie could also make his bow from the bench and there is a first home appearance for Sione Vailanu. Alex will be the 5th teenager (19 years and 305 days) to play in the second row for the Warriors and he joins some pretty esteemed company:

Scott Cummings - 18 years 277 days
Jonny Gray - 18 years 283 days
Richie Gray - 19 years 196 days
Callum Hunter-Hill - 19 years 225 days

Matchday Milestones
Sintu Manjezi and (if he comes off the bench) Tom Jordan, will be the only Glasgow players to have featured in all six of the club's fixtures so far this season.

Warrior to Watch:
Sebastian Cancelliere's scintillating form has made him impossible to ignore when it comes to back 3 selection and he must be one of the first names on the teamsheet as things stand. His all action style - never stinting on effort and hard work in both attack and defence - has made him a fan favourite.

While his contributions to a couple of Glasgow's best tries so far this season (putting in Cole Forbes against Cardiff and Josh McKay versus the Bulls) were definite highlights, his work tracking back to make a textbook cover tackle against the South African province in front of the Main Stand really illustrated his commitment to the cause.

Glasgow at home to Benetton sides in the PRO12/PRO14/URC era:
- 8 wins
- 1 loss
- 5 try BPs
- 1 losing BP
- 38 points out of a possible 45 (84%)

Previous match-up v Benetton at Scotstoun:

Officials:
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 38th league game)
AR1: Finlay Brown (SRU)
AR2: Michael Todd (SRU)
TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)

Mr Evans' regular season record for 2021/22:
Matches - 15
Average penalty count - 21.7 per game
Home side penalties conceded percentage - 43.6%
Average card count - 1.3 per game
Penalties per card - 17.1

As one of the league's more youthful officials (younger than Simon Berghan, Fraser Brown, Sean Kennedy and Ryan Wilson in fact!) Mr Evans still fits the profile for a tendency towards slightly higher penalty and card counts. This will be his 5th time refereeing Glasgow and his 4th game at Scotstoun. Hopefully that low percentage of pens against home sides continues on Friday night...

Additional ref stats from:
https://www.cardiffrfcfans.com/analysis/referee_heads.php?countryID=1

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