Benetton (7) 22 / 18 (11) Stormers (Final Score)
Benetton Treviso and the DHL Stormers did battle in Round 1 of the United Rugby Championship 2021 at
Stadio Comunable Di Monigo, Treviso, Italy, on 25 September 2021 at 14:00 SA Time (14:00 Italy Time, 13:00 UK Time, 12:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport Rugby & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Benetton:
- Penalties – Tomas Albornoz (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Gianmarco Lucchesi (1), Ivan Nemer (1), Tommaso Menoncello (1)
- Conversions – Tomas Albornoz (2)
Stormers:
- Penalties – Manie Libbok (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Rikus Pretorius (1), Ruhan Nel (1)
- Conversions – Manie Libbok (1)
Teams:
Benetton Treviso |
DHL Stormers |
| 25 September 2021 at 14:00 SA Time | |
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Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Federico Vedovelli (Italy), Alex Frasson (Italy)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
Halftime
One would feel here at Halftime that Benetton has created more chances and achieved more line breaks…
So far so good for SA sides… Sigma Lions winning with a Bonus Point last night and now in the 2nd SA match the Stormers are leading… but both have been against the 2 Italian sides… and one wonders what will happen against the normally stronger Irish and Welsch sides…
Guess we will find out later when the Bulls play Leinster and the Sharks play Munster.
I see the predictions are Leinster for an 18 point win against the Bulls… hope that is hugely wrong!! Leinster however is a Champion side with massive experience and cups to show…
Altogether, I think with the SA sides having moved away from Super Rugby to rather join this Northern Competition is great… specially because we are all within an hour from one another in the time slots…
Think we could generally benefit from encountering totally different approaches to rugby from up North.
Last night Zebre came back hugely against the Lions in the 2nd half, raising serious questions about Lions conditioning to play for 85 minutes… and then possibly about SA sides general conditioning.
Will be interesting to see how the conditioning factor plays out in this match…
Looks hot in Italy… and is quite hot here today in Gauteng too…
2nd Half ON!
Stormers penalty…
Benetton making good ground…
Carried over by Benetton, 5m Stormers scrum…
Try Stormers, Ruhan Nel… under the sticks!!
Great stuff.
Benetton 7 / 18 Stormers
Benetton penalty, man over the ball…
Benetton close…
Stormers penalty, Paul de Wet over the ball…
So far Benetton flummaxed by the Stormers playing so well over the ball…
Again Benetton trying the pick and go, pick and go… and Sazi Sandi over the ball… another Stormers penalty for the man over the ball!!
The South African sides must try to exploit this over the ball action… they are all enormously strong on that front!
Benetton 5m defensive lineout…
Great Benetton counter-ruck… and then they earn the penalty.
Benetton scrum…
Subs starting to roll on…
Try Benetton… mauled over.
Benetton 14 / 18 Stormers
20 Minutes remain.
Benetton penalty, kickable… on about the Stormers 10m line… in front.
Posts it is… this time.
Benetton 17 / 18 Stormers
Only 1 little point in it now…
Gelant with a massive knock… eish!
Benetton scrum penalty… could have a shot at goal…
Shot!!
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