Benetton Rugby players called up for the tour of South Africa

May 05, 2026
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This afternoon, Benetton Rugby will leave the “La Ghirada” sports center for Venice’s “Marco Polo” Airport, from where the team will fly to South Africa for their tour.

The green and whites will play two matches: against the Hollywoodbets Sharks on Saturday 9 May at 4:00 PM, then on Saturday 16 May at 4:00 PM against the Vodacom Bulls.

Below is the list of 30 athletes (17 forwards and 13 midfielders) selected for the trip to South Africa:

AFTER YOU

Destiny Aminu
Bautista Bernasconi
Lorenzo Cannone
Niccolò Cannone
So'otala Fa'aso'o
Riccardo Favretto
Marcos Gallorini
Nicholas Gasperini
Alessandro Izekor
Jadin Kingi
Giulio Marini
Mattia Midena (permit player)
Ivan Nemer
Tiziano Pasquali
Valerio Pelli (permit player)
Federico Ruzza
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

THREE-QUARTERS

Matt Gallagher
Alessandro Garbisi
Louis Lynagh
Leonardo Marin
Tomas Medina
Ignacio Mendy
Tommaso Menoncello
Paolo Odogwu
Rhyno Smith
Cristiano Tizzano (permit player)
Jacob Umaga
Andy Uren
Federico Zanandrea