Kingston Park, Newcastle - 3° turno Challenge Cup
Newcastle Falcons - Benetton Rugby 18-57 (13-22)
Tabellino: 4’ c.p. Connon (0-3), 12’ meta Bello tr. Connon (0-10), 16’ meta Albornoz (10-5), 18’ meta Ratave tr. Albornoz (10-12), 24’ c.p. Connon (13-12), 27’ meta Menoncello tr. Albornoz (13-19), 34’ c.p. Albornoz (13-22), 43’ meta Ratave tr. Albornoz (13-29), 49’ meta Mendy tr. Albornoz (13-36), 56’ meta Menoncello tr. Umaga (13-43), 62’ meta Callum (18-43), 73’ meta Izekor tr. Umaga (18-50), 80’ meta Umaga tr. Umaga (18-57).
Cartellini: 3’ giallo Ignacio Mendy (Benetton)
Trasformazioni: Falcons 1/2 (Connon 1/2); Benetton Rugby 7/8 (Albornoz 4/5, Umaga 3/3).
Punizioni: Falcons 2/3 (Connon 2/3); Benetton Rugby 1/1 (Albornoz 1/1).
Player of the match: Tommaso Menoncello (BEN)
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Cameron Hutchison (64′ Louie Johnson), 11 Iwan Stephens (34′ Tom Penny), 10 Brett Connon, 9 Josh Barton (51′ Hugh O'Sullivan); 8 Callum Chick (C), 7 Guy Pepper (57′ Sam Cross) , 6 Pedro Rubiolo, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 John Hawkins (54 Freddie Lockwood), 3 Eduardo Bello (46′ Murray McCallum), 2 Jamie Blamire (63′ Bryan Byrne), 1 Adam Brocklebank.
A disposizione: 17 Phil Brantingham.
Head Coach: Alex Codling.
Benetton Rugby: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Ignacio Brex, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Tomas Albornoz (55′ Jacob Umaga), 9 Andy Uren (51′ Alessandro Garbisi); 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani (51′ Alessandro Izekor), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Eli Snyman (64′ Federico Ruzza), 4 Niccolò Cannone (55′ Gideon Koegelenberg), Giosué Zilocchi (45′ Tiziano Pasquali), 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi (45′ Bautista Bernasconi), 1 Thomas Gallo (40′ Federico Zani).
Head Coach: Marco Bortolami.