Benetton Rugby

27 – 23

Halftime: 13 – 10

Attendance: 5000

Cardiff Rugby

Halftime: 13 – 10

Attendance: 5000

Saturday 08th April 2023

KO 16:00 CEST Europe/Rome

Stadio Monigo

Ref: Luke Pearce

Challenge Cup

Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat.	Benetton Rugby	Cardiff Rugby
Tries	Rhyno Smith (20) Michele Lamaro (56) Marcus Watson (68)	Thomas Young (30) Mason Grady (46)
Conversions	Jacob Umaga (22), (57) Tomas Albornoz (70)	Rhys Priestland (31), (47)
Penalties	Jacob Umaga (6), (12)	Rhys Priestland (1), (43), (61)

Match Stats

Stat.	Benetton Rugby	Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half	53%	47%
Posession Second Half	35%	65%
Territory First Half	57%	43%
Territory Second Half	41%	59%
Tries	3	2
Conversions	3	2
Penalties Conceded	8	12
Turnovers Conceded	20	13
Passes	125	158
Tackles	132	122
Scrums Won	5	6
Lineouts Won	15	11
Yellow Cards	0	1

Player Stats

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	Benetton Rugby	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
1	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	8	0	1	9	0	0	12	0
2	Giacomo Nicotera	4	0	0	7	0	1	6	0
3	Tiziano Pasquali	3	0	0	6	0	0	11	1
4	Niccolo Cannone	5	0	0	6	1	5	13	1
5	Federico Ruzza	6	0	1	12	0	8	2	0
6	Sebastian Negri	9	1	1	19	0	3	9	0
7	Michele Lamaro	6	0	0	17	0	11	12	0
8	Henry Time-Stowers	8	0	2	22	0	3	13	0
9	Dewaldt Duvenage	3	0	0	6	0	61	6	0
10	Jacob Umaga	8	0	0	42	0	14	3	0
11	Marcus Watson	5	1	1	34	0	1	2	0
12	Tommaso Menoncello	10	1	4	75	1	4	8	0
13	Nacho Brex	5	0	1	2	0	8	6	0
14	Edoardo Padovani	3	0	1	16	1	2	3	0
15	Rhyno Smith	10	2	5	91	1	2	2	0

Replacements

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	Benetton Rugby	C	M	P	T
16	Siua Maile	0	0	0	4
17	Thomas Gallo	0	0	0	0
18	Filippo Alongi	0	0	0	3
19	Riccardo Favretto	0	0	0	0
20	Manuel Zuliani	3	8	0	9
21	Lorenzo Cannone	5	25	1	5
22	Alessandro Garbisi	0	0	0	0
23	Tomas Albornoz	1	6	1	3

No.	Cardiff Rugby	C	CB	DB	M	O	P	T	TW
1	Corey Domachowski	7	0	0	12	0	3	10	0
2	Liam Belcher	7	0	1	2	0	0	12	1
3	Keiron Assiratti	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
4	Josh Turnbull	4	0	0	4	0	3	5	1
5	Teddy Williams	8	0	0	10	1	7	9	0
6	James Botham	7	0	0	19	1	5	15	0
7	Thomas Young	9	1	1	15	1	5	22	1
8	Taulupe Faletau	9	0	1	44	1	8	11	0
9	Tomos Williams	7	0	0	22	0	65	2	0
10	Rhys Priestland	3	0	0	2	0	23	11	1
11	Josh Adams	8	0	2	38	1	2	1	0
12	Max Llewellyn	10	0	0	24	0	5	6	1
13	Mason Grady	5	1	2	38	0	1	3	0
14	Owen Lane	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
15	Ben Thomas	7	0	1	20	0	9	3	0

Replacements

C: Carries, CB: Clean Breaks, DB: Defenders Beaten, M: Metres, O: Offload, P: Passes, T: Tackles, TW: Turnovers Won

No.	Cardiff Rugby	C	DB	M	P	T
16	Kristian Dacey	2	1	7	0	1
17	Rhys Carre	2	0	4	0	2
18	Will Davies-King	0	0	0	0	0
19	Seb Davies	2	1	4	0	0
20	Lopeti Timani	5	0	2	0	1
21	James Ratti	13	0	11	0	3
22	Lloyd Williams	2	0	1	20	1
23	Jason Harries	0	0	0	0	0

Match Line-up

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Line-up

	Benetton Rugby	Cardiff Rugby
1	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	Corey Domachowski
2	Giacomo Nicotera	Liam Belcher
3	Tiziano Pasquali	Keiron Assiratti
4	Niccolo Cannone	Josh Turnbull
5	Federico Ruzza	Teddy Williams
6	Sebastian Negri	James Botham
7	Michele Lamaro	Thomas Young
8	Henry Time-Stowers	Taulupe Faletau
9	Dewaldt Duvenage	Tomos Williams
10	Jacob Umaga	Rhys Priestland
11	Marcus Watson	Josh Adams
12	Tommaso Menoncello	Max Llewellyn
13	Nacho Brex	Mason Grady
14	Edoardo Padovani	Owen Lane
15	Rhyno Smith	Ben Thomas

Replacements

	Benetton Rugby	Cardiff Rugby
16	Siua Maile	Kristian Dacey
17	Thomas Gallo	Rhys Carre
18	Filippo Alongi	Will Davies-King
19	Riccardo Favretto	Seb Davies
20	Manuel Zuliani	Lopeti Timani
21	Lorenzo Cannone	James Ratti
22	Alessandro Garbisi	Lloyd Williams
23	Tomas Albornoz	Jason Harries

Team Stats

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Team stats

The season so far

P: Played . W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against Diff: Difference BP: Bonus Points Pts: Points (Total)

No.		Team Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	BP	Pts
4		Cardiff Rugby	4	3	0	1	154	57	97	3	15
2		Benetton Rugby	4	3	0	1	120	70	50	3	15

Form Guide

Benetton Rugby	Played	Score	Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby	Home	27-23	Win
Connacht Rugby	Home	41-19	Win
Emirates Lions	Home	28-32	Loss
Ospreys	Away	20-21	Win

Cardiff Rugby	Played	Score	Win/Loss
Benetton Rugby	Away	27-23	Loss
Sale Sharks	Home	28-27	Win
Zebre Parma	Away	30-34	Win
Ulster Rugby	Home	20-42	Loss

Past Meetings

Sat 18th Feb 2023
KO 17:15 GMT

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

United Rugby Championship

Cardiff Rugby

30

V

13

Benetton Rugby

Match report

Fri 20th May 2022
KO 19:00 CEST

Stadio Monigo

Europe/Rome

United Rugby Championship

Benetton Rugby

69

V

21

Cardiff Rugby

Match report

Sun 14th Mar 2021
KO 13:00 CET

Stadio Monigo

Europe/Rome

Guinness PRO14

Benetton Rugby

14

V

29

Cardiff Rugby

Match report

Head-to-head

	Benetton Rugby	Cardiff Rugby
Played	22	22
Wins	5	16
Wins at home	5	11
Wins away	0	5
Draws	1	1

From data since 2003