Team v Treviso

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Benetton Treviso v Leicester Tigers
Saturday 15th December 2012, Kick-off 14:35
From ERC site

15. Luke McLean, 14. Ludovico Nitoglia, 13. Christian Loamanu, 12. Alberto Sgarbi, 11. Tommaso Iannone, 10. Alberto Di Bernardo, 9. Edoardo Gori, 1. Michele Rizzo, 2. Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3. Lorenzo Cittadini, 4. Francesco Minto, 5. Cornelius van Zyl, 6. Alessandro Zanni, 7. Dean Budd, 8. Manoa Vosawai,
16. Franco Sbaraglini, 17. Matteo Muccignat, 18. Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 19. Valerio Bernabo, 20. Paul Derbyshire, 21. Simone Favaro, 22. Fabio Semenzato, 23. Kristopher Burton,


15. Mathew Tait, 14. Niall Morris, 13. Manu Tuilagi, 12. Anthony Allen, 11. Adam Thompstone, 10. George Ford, 9. Ben Youngs, 1. Marcos Ayerza, 2. Tom Youngs, 3. Dan Cole, 4. Louis Deacon, 5. Geoff Parling, 6. Brett Deacon, 7. Julian Salvi, 8. Thomas Waldrom,

16. George Chuter, 17. Logovi'i Mulipola, 18. Martin Castrogiovanni, 19. Graham Kitchener, 20. Jordan Crane, 21. Sam Harrison, 22. Geordan Murphy, 23. Dan Bowden,

[Hull Fan]

Looks a good team, lets hope they play to their potential.

[tigerburnie]

That is a good looking side we have, no Smith, is he injured?

COME ON YOU TIGERRRrrrrsssss

[jgriffin]

No Slater, no Young?
Still a good backline!

[WiggoTiger]

Surprised at both Slater and Smith omissions! Prefer Smith to Bowden on bench!! and prefer Slater to Crane....

[loretta]

So, if you had dosser's lad on the bench, who would cover 10?
Good to see Thompstone getting another start.

[WiggoTiger]

So, if you had dosser's lad on the bench, who would cover 10?
Good to see Thompstone getting another start.

Geordan can...........

[loretta]

So, if you had dosser's lad on the bench, who would cover 10?
Good to see Thompstone getting another start.

Geordan can...........

They tried it, didn't work too well.

[WiggoTiger]

I'd rather play Castro there than Bowden......oh yes the forawrds all play FH in games!! Bowden flatters to decieve!

[trendylfj]

Have to agree about Slater and Crane - would have preferred Slater but the rest I can't argue with. There are obviously choices with are very close in some positions and assuming that the main omissions are not fit (Mafi etc) I think that this is our best team. Now all they have to do is perform.

[loretta]

I'd rather play Castro there than Bowden......

Really?

Bowden flatters to decieve!

Or, we just haven't seen the best of him yet. Either way, realistically he's the best option we have.

[Jon]

Looks like a strong side to me. Glad to see Thompstone in the starting lineup again, and Tait getting FB.

Is Murphy not 100%? I see he's on the bench, but Tait is getting the shirt. Seems to be giving Tait as much game time, with Murphy as backup, ahead of him retiring.

[PM76]

A strong side, good enough to get the TBP if they play well IMO. Good to see Morris and Thompstone, Deacon (L) and Cole will improve the pack. Slater is unlucky but Cockers prefers Crane, Brett (before getting sent off) had a good game vs. Bath too. Bowden covers 10 but Smith is unlucky.


Come on Tigers!!!

[TigerCam]

Looks a good team, lets hope they play to their potential.

Needless to say if they don't then bye bye HC for another year. Good to see Allen back and Thomstone getting another run out.

Just packed my bag to head to Gatwick later, looking forward to a good game.

[TigerCam]

Treviso beef up their side for sat:
Treviso have selected their strongest available side and enter with confidence after pushing the Tigers close last weekend, due to a strong second-half showing at Welford Road.

Alberto Sgarbi and Christian Loamanu come into the centre positions with Leonardo Ghiraldini, Alberto Di Bernardo, Cornelius van Zyl, Alessandro Zanni, Francesco Minto, Lorenzo Cittadini and Michele Rizzo also getting starts on Saturday.

Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Christian Loamanu, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Tommaso Iannone, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Dean Budd, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Francesco Minto, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Michele Rizzo.

Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Simone Favaro, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 Kristopher Burton.