Rugby

United Rugby Championship - Round 15
Kingspan Stadium di Belfast (Irlanda)

Ulster - Benetton 38-34 (21-8)

Marcature: 5' meta Menoncello, 15' meta Stewart tr. Cooney, 24' p. Umaga, 32' meta Crothers tr. Cooney, 39' meta Stockdale tr. Cooney; 46' meta Umaga, 49' meta Addison tr. Cooney, 56' meta Halafihi tr. Albornoz, 62' meta Nemer tr. Albornoz, 65' meta Izuchukwu tr. Cooney, 73' p. Cooney, 80' meta Albornoz tr. Albornoz.

Ulster Rugby: 15 Mike Lowry, 14 Rob Baloucoune, 13 Will Addison (74' Luke Marshall), 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale (43' Ethan McIlroy), 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney (76' Dave Shanahan), 8 David McCann, 7 Reuben Crothers, 6 Dave Ewers (57' Greg Jones), 5 Alan O'Connor (C) (64' Cormac Izuchukwu), 4 Harry Sheridan, 3 Scott Wilson (64' James French), 2 Tom Stewart (74' John Andrew), 1 Eric O'Sullivan (53' Andrew Warwick).
Head Coach: Richie Murphy.​

Benetton Rugby: 15 Jacob Umaga, 14 Leonardo Marin, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Marco Zanon (76' Filippo Drago), 11 Rhyno Smith, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Andy Uren (57' Alessandro Garbisi), 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c) (48' Toa Halafihi), 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Edoardo Iachizzi (64' Riccardo Favretto), 4 Scott Scrafton (40' Niccolò Cannone), 3 Simone Ferrari (52' Tiziano Pasquali), 2 Giacomo Nicotera (47' Gianmarco Lucchesi), 1 Thomas Gallo (52' Ivan Nemer, 74' Thomas Gallo).
Head Coach: Marco Bortolami.​

Note: Cartellino giallo a Marshall all'80' (ULS). 
Trasformazioni: Ulster Rugby 5/5 (Cooney 5/5); Benetton Rugby 3/5 (Umaga 0/2, Albornoz 3/3). 
Punizioni: Ulster Rugby 1/1 (Cooney 1/1); Benetton Rugby 1/2 (Umaga 1/2). 
Man of the match: John Cooney (ULS).

Arbitro: Sam Grove-White (SRU).
Assistenti: Robbie Jenkinson e Padraig Reidy (IRFU).
TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU).

27.04.2024