Benetton Treviso v Glasgow Warriors, 5 October

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Benetton Treviso v Glasgow Warriors
Sunday 5 October 2014
KO 15:00
Stadio Monigo

Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU, 3rd competition game)
Assistant Referees: Claudio Blessano, Andrea Spadoni (both FIR)
Citing Commissioner: Stefan Marrama (FIR)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)

A. Teams:

Benetton Treviso

15 Jayden Hayward
14 Angelo Esposit
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Luca Morisi
11 Ludovico Nitoglia
10 Joe Carlisle
9 Edoardo Gori

8 Mat Luamanu
7 Marco Lazzaroni
6 Simone Favaro
5 Marco Fuser
4 Antonio Pavanello (captain)
3 Rupert Harden
2 Davide Giazzon
1 Matteo Muccignat

Replacements:
16 Giovanni Maistri
17 Matteo Zanusso
18 Romulo Acosta
19 Francesco Minto
20 Leo Auva'a
21 Marco Barbini
22 Sam Christie
23 Alberto Lucchese

Glasgow Warriors
 
15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Sean Lamont
12. Peter Horne
11. DTH van der Merwe
10. Duncan Weir
9. Niko Matawalu

1. Alex Allan
2. Pat MacArthur
3. Rossouw de Klerk
4. Tom Ryder
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. James Eddie
7. Tyrone Holmes
8. Josh Strauss

Replacements
16. Fraser Brown
17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa
18. Zander Fagerson
19. Leone Nakarawa
20. Chris Fusaro
21. Ali Price
22. Finn Russell
23. James Downey

B. Form - head to head:

8 Played 8
2 Wins 6
6 Losses 2
0 Draws 0
8 Tries 21
7 Conversions 17
15 Penalties 20
2 Drop Goals 0
105 Points 199
25 Avg. Age 26

C. Form - last season:

Friday 4 April 2014
Glasgow Warriors 29 - 10 Benetton Treviso
Scotstoun Stadium

Fri 2 May 2014
Benetton Treviso 16 - 38 Glasgow Warriors
Stadio Monigo

Good team, and should be enough to do the job. Scrum may struggle, but Matawalu is pretty adept at taking scrums out of the equation with his quick taps and breaks from the base.

Can't see past a try bonus win here for Glasgow, assuming conditions allow for an open game. Expect to see DTH and Hogg featuring on the scoresheet.

I wasn't at the Exfoliators/Soapdodgers 'A' game but every press report I read made a point of saying that when Zander came on he snapped his opposite number in half, so Toonie obviously feels that it's time he deserves his chance.

At 19 stone, he's big enough. I always felt when watching international age grade games he was the only Scottish prop who bore comparison with the English monsters he was packing down opposie. Let's see how he goes. Send a good message to the EDP players , that selection.

Conditions are meant to be great, that Glasgow's backline should run havoc against a Treviso's team who are still unlikely to know each other names.

Pack could struggle though, in that regard i'm disappointed there is no signs of The Coo, still listed out because of "medical/illness", i'm sure i spotted him in a Warriors' training video.

George Carlin wrote:I wasn't at the Exfoliators/Soapdodgers 'A' game but every press report I read made a point of saying that when Zander came on he snapped his opposite number in half, so Toonie obviously feels that it's time he deserves his chance.

At 19 stone, he's big enough. I always felt when watching international age grade games he was the only Scottish prop who bore comparison with the English monsters he was packing down opposie. Let's see how he goes. Send a good message to the EDP players , that selection.

Entirely agree. It's a great message to the younger players - as is the selection of Rory Sutherland for the Ulster game at Edinburgh. It's pleasing to see these young guys coming through. Great also to see Alex Allan continuing to get a run in the side. Making a fool out of Solomons.

Given de Klerk's less than stellar current fitness, he is almost certain to get onto the field. He has to grab this chance as I presume Euan Murray would have taken the bench slot if the match hadn't been on a Sunday.

Saw him mentioned on another thread but we miss Ed Kalman at these kind of times. Not a great prop but a good pro 12 level prop  who obviously didn't have the upside of the youngsters in the squad for Sunday but would have strengthed us for Sunday.

His retirement through injury was a story that slipped under the radar slightly at the end of last season, amongst the euphoria of an otherwise great end to the season.

Probably arguing against myself by saying that it's great to see the youngsters getting a chance.

Suppose we still only have Welsh, Murray, Grant and Reid to come back.  Don't think we can assume anything about Cusack at this point.

Conway was shocking in the Edinburgh Connacht game. I hope he's better here, but I'm not hopeful.

Glasgow asleep so far, hopefully that try might wake them up..

Not a great start. Plethora of mistakes, team a bit complacent me thinks.
10-0 down after 9 minutes

Can't watch this online

Come on Glasgow - you're meant to provide a break for us Edinburgh fans!

Normal service is resumed!

link anybody ?

It's on BBC 2 Scotland.

TBH, if Treviso played Edinburgh tomorrow, I'd bet on Treviso to get a win by at least 10

BBC2 online doesn't work 'for legal reasons' aka Sky

Is the ball covered in Vaseline, Glasgow can't seem to hang onto it at all. More mistakes this game than the rest of the season put together!

Try the BBC Sport website, think there's a link on the rugby page.

Or go to the pub, that's working for me!

Great chase by Hogg there

That's a lot better!

Bit lucky to be given that but we're taking it

justified sinner wrote:Try the BBC Sport website, think there's a link on the rugby page.

Or go to the pub, that's working for me!

luv u http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/29040454

MacArthur straight over the top there. Still making to many mistakes

I think that's probably the game

2nd try for Scoremore.
And a nasty cheap shot by the Italians

I get the feeling there will be lot of tries in this game. One more for the bonus point. Just need to put the game to bed before getting to carried away

poor decision by the ref there. Strauss drove them all off the ball!

Looking forward to hearing Hogg talk about his attitude problem at half time!

have link if anyone wants

Now this is entertainment. Well done Treviso for really trying to attack and to take the game to Glasgow

I like the new humble Hogg. Hopefully he means what he said and has learnt from all of it

4 tries, just need to make sure we win the game now. One more try should do that then we can give the subs a run

Lets see what the 18 year old TH can do?

Here's a question. If matalawu sat down in front of a psychologist, would be declared insane?

Well that puts this one to bed. DTH been feeling a bit left out!

DTH

Shlong steals Nikos try!

Matalawuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I've heard he is coming to edinburgh! It's true. We're Getting him and Glasgow are getting our Strauss in his place

tigertattie wrote:Matalawuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I've heard he is coming to edinburgh! It's true. We're Getting him and Glasgow are getting our Strauss in his place

We'd ruin him.

Treviso comeback??

Eeek! Tight finish ahead

Erm, why's Niko been sin binned!?!?!?

What on earth was that yellow card for!

I remember the days when refs knew the laws of the game

Tut tut ref

Told you Conway was strange

Great shove from Glasgow, the clock is ticking down. Not sure why we got penalised there though

What a great scrum. This kid at TH looks like he has something about him!

GLove39 wrote:Erm, why's Niko been sin binned!?!?!?

Handling the ball while on the ground and the ball in play. If the ball is short then NIko cannot put his hands on it while he is sitting on the ground

Great effort from Glasgow down to 13.


In other news, is it just me or does Finn Russell look even skinnier than last season??