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Benetton Rugby

Benetton Rugby, also known as Benetton Treviso (Italian pronunciation: [ˌbenetˈtoŋ ˈrɛɡbi treˈviːzo] or Italian pronunciation: [ˌbenetˈtoŋ ˈraɡbi treˈviːzo]), is an Italian professional rugby union team based in Treviso, Veneto which competes in the United Rugby Championship, the European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Champions Cup. Treviso rugby team was founded in 1932 and has won 15 Italian national championships. The team has been owned by the Benetton clothing company since 1979. Treviso have competed in the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Pro14 and Pro12) since 2010, and have previously competed in the Italian domestic championship.

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Full nameBenetton Rugby
UnionFederazione Italiana Rugby
Founded1932; 93 years ago (1932)
LocationTreviso, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio Comunale di Monigo (Capacity: 5,000)
PresidentAmerino Zatta
Coach(es)Marco Bortolami
Captain(s)Eli Snyman
Michele Lamaro
League(s)United Rugby Championship
2023–247th (Scottish/Italian Shield: 2nd)
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Official website
www.benettonrugby.it
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Treviso have supplied many players to the Italian national team, such as Alessandro Zanni and Leonardo Ghiraldini. Conversely, several notable foreign internationals have played for Treviso, including Rugby World Cup winners Craig Green, John Kirwan and Michael Lynagh. The President of Treviso Rugby is Amerino Zatta. Since 1982, the club has also had a women's team, known as Red Panthers, which has won 16 national championships.[1]

History

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Amateur era: 1932–1995

Treviso rugby team was founded in 1932. The club won its first honour when it took the 1956 Italian premiership. Benetton Treviso won its first Italian Cup in 1970 and in 1978 won the Italian premiership again. The year after Benetton became the main sponsor, the team's name became "Benetton Rugby Treviso". Treviso won the domestic premiership in 1983, then again in 1989 and in the 1992 season.

Professional era: 1995–present

Benetton Treviso Rugby turned professional after 1995. They dominated the Italian league from 1997 until 2010, winning the championship 10 times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010) during those 14 seasons and twice finishing second.[2] They also won the Italian Cup in 1998.

Benetton Treviso has competed in the Heineken Cup competition almost every year since the competition began in 1995 along with the professional era. Benetton Treviso competed in the inaugural 1995–96 Heineken Cup, winning one game and losing one. The following season they played four matches, winning one game. In the 1998–99 Heineken Cup, they won three games. Benetton Treviso spent the 2000–01 and 2002–03 seasons in the European Challenge Cup, but have appeared in the Heineken Cup in each season since then. They won half of their games during the 2004–05 Heineken Cup, but won only one match in the following four seasons (at Newport Gwent Dragons in 2007). In the 2009–10 Heineken Cup opener, they defeated reigning French Top 14 champions Perpignan 9–8 in Treviso.

Following the 2009–10 season, Treviso left the Italian domestic competition and in 2010–11 was one of two Italian teams to join the Celtic League to play against clubs from Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The new league was to be known as the Pro12. Both Italian teams were guaranteed places annually into the Heineken Cup, which had previously been awarded to the two top teams in the domestic Italian National Championship of Excellence.[3] An agreement had been reached in early March 2010 to allow two Italian teams a place in the Celtic League. In 2010, it was proposed that Aironi and a new team, Praetorians Roma, would join,[4] but Treviso were nominated instead. Treviso and a combination of Duchi Nord-Ovest rugby clubs could not agree to form one regional representative club and lost out in the first round of bidding.[5] However, Pretorians Roma failed to satisfy financial criteria, and Treviso instead joined the Pro12.[6]

Treviso finished their first two season in the Pro12 (2010–11 and 2011–12) in 10th place, while in the 2012–13 season they finished 7th with 50 points. In the next three seasons, Treviso performed poorly, ending 11th, 11th and 12th out of twelve teams. After that, a new head coach was engaged for the 2016/2017 season, the New Zealander Kieran Crowley. The former All Black formed a new coaching team with two ex-Italian internationals, Marco Bortolami and Fabio Ongaro. Treviso finished the season in 10th place.

In 2017/2018, the championship was joined by two South Africans teams, becoming the Pro14, and was divided into two conferences. This season Treviso nearly reached the European Rugby Champions Cup play-offs, ending 5th in the conference with 55 points. For first time since Treviso joined this league the club has been able to record more wins than losses (11 against 10).

Ahead of the 2017/18 season, Benetton Rugby Treviso was renamed Benetton Rugby. From 2022/23 season, he instituted an Academy Under 23 and a territorial Academy Under 19.[7]

Honours

Current standings

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2024–25 United Rugby Championship
as of 1 March 2025 : last match added Ulster vs Scarlets		 watch · edit · discuss
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1Ireland Leinster121200360166+19452249057
2Scotland Glasgow Warriors12804354225+12553298444
3South Africa Bulls12804316249+6741296341
4South Africa Sharks11704288283+536424234
5Ireland Munster12606287294–746418133
6Wales Cardiff12516263321–5841446331
7Scotland Edinburgh12507295300-541415530
8Ireland Connacht12507277296-1942386329
9Wales Scarlets12516271255+1629362428
10South Africa Lions11605258243+1533343128
11Wales Ospreys12516258258–34333328
12South Africa Stormers12507272293–2134375328
13Italy Benetton12516251317–6631445128
14Ireland Ulster12507269294–2539423427
15Italy Zebre Parma12507196268–7225382325
16Wales Dragons121011226374–1492853138
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[8]
  1. number of matches won;
  2. the difference between points for and points against;
  3. the number of tries scored;
  4. the most points scored;
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against;
  6. the fewest red cards received;
  7. the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background indicates teams that are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2025–26 European Champions Cup

Pink background indicates teams that are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2025–26 European Challenge Cup
Yellow background indicates the team that won the 2024–25 European Challenge Cup and thus qualify for the 2025–26 European Champions Cup, but are not in a play-off place
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2025–26 European Challenge Cup.
Q: qualified for play-offs. H: home field advantage secured for quarter-and semi-final. h; home field advantage secured for quarter-final X: cannot reach play-offs. E: qualified for Champions Cup.

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    Season records

    Celtic League / Pro12

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    Season Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    2010–1110th229013238
    2011–1210th227015836
    2012–137th2210210650
    2013–1411th225116830
    2014–1511th223118519
    2015–1612th223019820
    2016–1710th225017323
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    Pro14

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    Season Conference Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    2017–18Conference B5th21110101155
    2018–19 Conference B3rd211128957
    Quarter-finalsMunster 15 – 13 Benetton Rugby
    2019–20Conference B5th156181036
    2020–21Conference B6th16011577
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    Pro14 Rainbow Cup

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    Season Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    20211st5410222
    FinalBenetton Rugby 35 – 8 Bulls
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    United Rugby Championship

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    Season Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    2021-2213th186111935
    2022-2311th188010941
    2023-247th181116850
    Quarter-finalsBulls 30 – 23 Benetton Rugby
    2024-25TBD------
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    Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup

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    Season Pool/Round Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    1995–96Pool 12nd210102
    1996–97Pool 14th410302
    1997–98Pool 53rd620404
    1998–99Pool 43rd630306
    1999–00Pool 53rd620404
    2001–02Pool 24th610502
    2003–04Pool 53rd610515
    2004–05Pool 23rd6303214
    2005–06Pool 44th600633
    2006–07Pool 14th600600
    2007–08Pool 14th610515
    2008–09Pool 34th600600
    2009–10Pool 14th610515
    2010–11Pool 54th600611
    2011–12Pool 54th611417
    2012–13Pool 24th610515
    2013–14Pool 54th600600
    2014–15Pool 54th610504
    2015–16Pool 44th600600
    2017–18Pool 54th600644
    2019–20Pool 14th610526
    2024–25Pool 23rd4202311
    Round of 16Castres Olympique 39 – 37 Benetton Rugby
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    European Rugby Challenge Cup

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    Season Pool/Round Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
    2000–01 Pool 12nd6501010
    2002–03 2nd round Newcastle Falcons 43 – 32 Benetton Rugby (aggregate score)
    2016–17 Pool 13rd620408
    2018–19 Pool 52nd6402420
    2020-21 Preliminary stage7th210115
    Quarter-finals Montpellier Hérault Rugby 31 – 25 Benetton Rugby
    2021–22 Pool B3rd420208
    Round of 16 Toulon Rugby 36 – 17 Benetton Rugby
    2022–23 Pool B2nd4301315
    Semi-finals Toulon Rugby 23 – 0 Benetton Rugby
    2023–24 Pool 21st4301315
    Semi-finals Gloucester Rugby 40 – 23 Benetton Rugby
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    Stadium

    The team play at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo in Treviso, 4 km northwest of the city centre. The stadium has two covered stands and a capacity of 5,000.

    Staff and coaching team

    The staff for the 2023–24 season is:[9][10]

    Current squad

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    For player movements before or during the 2024–25 season, see List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers § Benetton.
    Benetton United Rugby Championship squad[a]

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    Hookers

    Locks

    Back row

    Scrum-halves

    Fly-halves

    Centres

    Wings

    Fullbacks

    (cc) denotes the team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
    * denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality.
    L denotes a player on loan at the club.
    Players and their allocated positions from the Benetton Rugby website.[11]
    1. Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season as listed on List of 2024–25 United Rugby Championship transfers.

    Additional player squad

    Benetton Additional Players squad[a][b][c][d][e][f]

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    Hookers

    • None currently named

    Locks

    • New Zealand Jadin Kingi*[d]
    • South Africa Jaco Pretorius*[c]

    Back row

    Scrum-halves

    • Italy Lorenzo Casilio[a]

    Fly-halves

    Centres

    Wings

    • South Africa Jacques Cloete*[c]
    • Italy Marco Scalabrin[a]

    Fullbacks

    • None currently named
    (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
    * denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality.
    Players and their allocated positions from the Benetton Rugby website and F.I.R. website.[17][18][19]
    1. Academy player on loan to Serie A Elite team Mogliano[12][13]
    2. Academy player on loan to Serie A team Rugby Paese
    3. Academy player on loan to Serie A team Ruggers Tarvisium
    4. Additional player under contract with Serie A Elite team Mogliano[14]
    5. Temporary loan to URC team Zebre Parma[15]
    6. Additional player on loan to Serie A Elite team Rangers Vicenza[16]

    Selected former players

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    Italian players

    Former players who have played for Benetton and have caps for Italy

    Overseas players

    Former players who have played for Benetton and have caps for their Representative Team

    I Dogi

    Treviso is an executive member of the historical territorial representative of I Dogi (the Doges) that have recovered in 2015 and represents several clubs in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[20] Currently no provision is made for a selection Seniors who take the field with the shirt of The Doges: to represent its brand and colors are at this stage the representative under-14, under-16 male and female under-18 male and female managed by Veneto Regional Committee. May occur during the right conditions, there is still the desire to be able to field, even if it is currently not a priority.[21]

    In the past, Dogi was a historical invitational team that included the best players of Triveneto, area of Italy in which this sport is very widespread. The team was founded on 17 December 1973 in Treviso, and played its last game on 17 November 1993. In twenty years they played 22 games with teams of international level, collecting 15 victories. The selection shirt was red, with golden edges.

    Benetton Women

    Since November 2023, the Franchise has also had a women's team, which plays official tests with Spanish team.[22]

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