2024–25 Benetton Rugby season

The 2024–25 season was Benetton Treviso's fourth season in the United Rugby Championship, and their 93rd season of competitive rugby. Along with competing in the URC and its Scottish-Italian Shield competition, the club also participated in the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions Cup.

Benetton Rugby

Full name	Benetton Rugby
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Nickname(s)	Treviso
Founded	1932; 93 years ago (1932)
Location	Treviso, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Comunale di Monigo (Capacity: 5,000)
President	Amerino Zatta
Coach(es)	Marco Bortolami
Captain(s)	Eli Snyman Michele Lamaro
League(s)	United Rugby Championship
2024-25	10th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.benettonrugby.it
Current season
← 2023-24 2025-26 →

The Italian side narrowly missed out on the URC play-offs after a final day defeat to Munster dropped them out of playoff contention to their final position of 10th in the standings. In the Scottish-Italian Shield, Benetton were runners-up to winners Glasgow Warriors. In Europe, Benetton successfully emerged from their pool in the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions Cup, but narrowly lost their Round of 16 knockout tie away to French side Castres, 39 - 37.

Staff and coaching team

The staff for the 2024–25 season is:^[1][2]

Benetton Rugby management team
Sports director	Antonio Pavanello
Head coach	Marco Bortolami
Assistant coaches	Fabio Ongaro Calum MacRae Alessandro Troncon Dewald Senekal
Team manager	Enrico Ceccato
Assistant Team manager	Corniel Els
Trainers	Jim Molony Alberto Botter Mario Disetti Giorgio Da Lozzo Riccardo Ton Alessandro Zanni Alberto Antonelli
Video analysts	Nicola Gatto Mattia Geromel

Senior squad

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]
Props Simone Ferrari Thomas Gallo Ivan Nemer Tiziano Pasquali Mirco Spagnolo Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Giosuè Zilocchi Hookers Bautista Bernasconi Agustín Creevy Siua Maile Marco Manfredi Locks Niccolò Cannone Edoardo Iachizzi Gideon Koegelenberg Federico Ruzza Scott Scrafton Eli Snyman	Back row Lorenzo Cannone Toa Halafihi Riccardo Favretto Alessandro Izekor Michele Lamaro (cc) Sebastian Negri Manuel Zuliani Scrum-halves Lautaro Bazán Nicolò Casilio Alessandro Garbisi Andy Uren Fly-halves Tomás Albornoz Leonardo Marin Jacob Umaga	Centres Ignacio Brex Malakai Fekitoa Tommaso Menoncello Marco Zanon Wings Louis Lynagh Paolo Odogwu Ignacio Mendy Onisi Ratave Fullbacks Matt Gallagher Rhyno Smith
(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.[3] 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]
Props Destiny Aminu [d] Enzo Avaca* [d] Marcos Gallorini [a] Riccardo Genovese [f] Hookers None currently named Locks Jadin Kingi* [d] Jaco Pretorius* [c]	Back row Simon Koroiyadi [d] Giulio Marini [d] Mattia Midena [b] Antony Miranda [b] Matteo Rubinato [d] Scrum-halves Lorenzo Casilio [a] Fly-halves Giuliano Avaca* [d]	Centres Filippo Drago [e] Dewi Passarella [d] Federico Zanandrea [d] Wings Jacques Cloete* [c] 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.[9][10][11] Academy player on loan to Serie A Elite team Mogliano[4][5] Academy player on loan to Serie A team Rugby Paese Academy player on loan to Serie A team Ruggers Tarvisium Additional player under contract with Serie A Elite team Mogliano[6] Temporary loan to URC team Zebre Parma[7] Additional player on loan to Serie A Elite team Rangers Vicenza[8]

Transfers

Players in Louis Lynagh from Harlequins[12] Matt Gallagher from Bath[13] Riccardo Genovese from Zebre Parma[14] Marco Manfredi from Zebre Parma[15] Lautaro Bazán from Rovigo Delta[16] Simon Koroiyadi from Leicester Tigers[17] Agustín Creevy from Sale Sharks[18]

Players out Giacomo Da Re to Zebre Parma[19] Dewaldt Duvenage to Western Province[20] Sam Hidalgo-Clyne retired[20] Henry Stowers released[20] Marcus Watson retired[20] Giovanni Pettinelli to Mogliano Veneto[21] Marco Lazzaroni to Mogliano Veneto[22] Federico Zani retired[23] Giacomo Nicotera to Stade Francais[24] Edoardo Padovani to Mogliano Veneto[25] Gianmarco Lucchesi to Toulon[26] Joaquin Riera to Rouen[27]

United Rugby Championship

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leinster	18	16	0	2	542	256	+286	79	35	11	1	76	Qualifies for home URC quarter-final; Qualification for the 2025–26 Champions Cup
2	Bulls	18	14	0	4	542	361	+181	71	44	9	3	68
3	Sharks	18	13	0	5	436	402	+34	55	59	7	3	62
4	Glasgow Warriors	18	11	0	7	468	327	+141	70	40	10	5	59
5	Stormers	18	10	0	8	507	418	+89	66	57	11	4	55	Qualifies for URC quarter-final; Qualification for the 2025–26 Champions Cup
6	Munster	18	9	0	9	444	429	+15	67	59	11	4	51
7	Edinburgh	18	8	1	9	471	407	+64	66	57	9	6	49
8	Scarlets	18	9	1	8	427	382	+45	50	52	6	4	48
9	Cardiff	18	8	1	9	409	477	−68	63	65	10	3	47	Qualification for the 2025–26 Challenge Cup
10	Benetton	18	9	1	8	393	478	−85	50	65	7	1	46
11	Lions	18	8	0	10	402	440	−38	53	60	5	3	40
12	Ospreys	18	7	1	10	437	454	−17	60	63	6	4	40
13	Connacht	18	6	0	12	420	472	−52	64	62	9	6	39
14	Ulster	18	7	0	11	414	506	−92	59	72	5	5	38
15	Zebre Parma	18	5	1	12	302	503	−201	38	72	3	4	29
16	Dragons	18	1	0	17	335	637	−302	43	92	1	4	9

Source: UnitedRugby.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 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.^[28]

URC Italian Scottish Shield

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools view · watch · edit · discuss
Italian x Scottish Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Glasgow Warriors (S)	6	4	0	2	136	76	+60	20	9	3	1	20	4
2	Benetton	6	4	0	2	132	139	–7	19	19	3	0	19	10
3	Edinburgh	6	2	1	3	134	141	–7	18	20	1	2	13	7
4	Zebre Parma	6	1	1	4	88	124	–46	9	18	0	1	7	15
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[29] number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields. (S) : URC Shield champion

Round 1

21 September 2024 20:35

Benetton	20–20	Scarlets
Try: Ratave (2) 21' m, 78' m Smith 31' c Con: Umaga 32' (1/3) Pen: Umaga 48'		Try: Page 40' c Taylor 52' c Con: Lloyd (2/2) 41', 53' Pen: Lloyd (2) 59', 67'

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 3,243[30] Referee: Ian Kenny (Scotland)

Round 2

27 September 2024 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	42–10	Benetton
Try: Steyn 5' c, 63' c M. Fagerson 16' c Darge 46' c Dobie 50' Ferrie 80'+1 c Con: Hastings (2/2) 6', 17' Weir (4/4) 47', 51', 64' 80'+3		Try: Spagnolo 32' Con: Umaga (1/1) 34' Pen: Umaga (1) 43'

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 6,441[31] Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

Round 3

5 October 2024 18:15

Benetton	5–35	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Manfredi 65' m		Try: Penalty try 9' Frawley 11' c Conan 18' c Doris 25' c Barron 79' c Con: Frawley (3/3) 11', 19', 26' R. Byrne (1/1) 80'

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,391[32] Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Round 4

12 October 2024 16:00

(1 BP) Benetton	38–10	Sharks
Try: Odogwu 23' c Smith (2) 29' c, 68' c Mendy 37' c Marin 75' c Con: Umaga (5/5) 24', 31', 38', 69', 76' Pen: Umaga (1) 10'		Try: Mchunu 80' c Con: Cronjé 80' (1/1) Pen: Masuku 17'

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Round 5

19 October 2024 19:35

Dragons	21–31	Benetton (1 BP)
Try: Westwood 26' c L. Evans 49' c Lewis-Hughes 72' c Con: L. Evans (2/2) 28', 50'. O'Brien 73'		Try: Bernasconi 36' c Avaca 45' c Manfredi 60' c Cannone 67' c Con: Umaga (2/2) 37', 47' Albornoz (2/2) 61', 68' Pen: Umaga 32'

Rodney Parade, Newport Attendance: 4,132[33] Referee: Peter Martin, Ireland

Round 6

25 October 2024 19:35

(1 BP) Benetton	15–17	Bulls
Pen: Albornoz (4) 1', 34', 62', 72' Smith 3'		Try: Ludwig 67' c van der Merwe 77' c Con: Kriel (2/2) 68', 79' Pen: Johannes 22'

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Eoghan Cross, Ireland

Round 7

30 November 2024 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	50–33	Benetton (1 BP)
Try: van der Merwe 1' c Muncaster (2) 14' c, 74' c Bradbury (2) 19' c, 23' c Hill 42' c Price 56' m Con: Thompson (5/6) 2', 15', 20', 24', 42' Healy 75' Pen: Healy 80'		Try: Odogwu 42' m Creevy (2) 47' c, 53' c Izekor 62' c Fekitoa 69' c Con: Umaga (4/5) 48', 54', 63', 70' Pen: Fekitoa 80'

Hive Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 6,057[34] Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

Round 8

21 December 2024 14:00

Benetton	11–10	Zebre Parma (1 BP)
Try: Marin 29' m Pen: Marin 58' Smith 81'	Report	Try: Zambonin 71' c Con: Da Re 72' Pen: Da Re 37'

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 5,000[35] Referee: Federico Vedovelli (ITA)

Round 9

28 December 2024 16:00

Zebre Parma	12-24	Benetton (1 BP}
Try: Fischetti 19' c Gesi 47' m Con: Da Re (1/2) 21'	Report	Try: Maile (2) 24' m, 36' m Brex 65' c Marin 85' c Con: Smith (2/4) 66', 86'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Attendance: 5,000[36]

Round 10

24 January 2025 19:35

Ospreys	43–0	Benetton
Try: Walsh (2) 09' c, 62' c Kasende 21' c K. Williams 27' c Morse 75' m Hardy 80' c Con: O. Williams (4/4) 09', 22', 28', 63' Walsh (1/2) 81' Pen: O. Williams 15'

Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea Attendance: 2,832

Round 11

15 February 2025 18:15

(1 BP) Benetton	34–19	Ulster
Try: Gallagher, 11'c Mendy, 38'c Spagnolo, 64'c Izekor, 79'c Con: Albornoz (4) Pen: Albornoz (2) 25', 57	Report	Try: Doak, 3'c Lowry, 16'c Stockdale, 29' Con: Doak (2)

Stadio Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,474

Round 12

1 March 2025 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	38-30	Benetton
Try: Treacy, 5'c Bolton, 12' 66' Boyle, 38'c Hurley-Langton, 47'c Devine, 72'c Con: Ioane (3) Hanrahan	Report	Try: Mendy, 19'c Uren, 25'c Zaron 30'c Con: Albornoz (3) Pen: Albornoz, 16', 34', 59'

The Sportsground, Galway Attendance: 4,217

Round 13

22 March 2025	Benetton	21-18	Edinburgh (1 BP)	Stadio Monigo, Treviso
16:00	Try: Mendy, 32' Odogwu, 62' Pen: Umaga, 6', 36'	Report	Try: McCann, 17'cc Ashman, 48' Con: Thompson Pen: Thompson, 29', 43'	Attendance: 4,985

Round 14

29 March 2025	Benetton	20 - 19	Cardiff (1 BP)	Stadio Monigo, Treviso
20:35	Try: Albornoz, 20' Con: Albornoz, 21' Pen: Albornoz, 9', 77'	Report:ESPN	Try: Botham, 6' Bevan, 16' Lloyd, 68' Con: Sheedy, 7', 17'	Attendance: 4,715

Round 15

19 April 2025	(1 BP) Lions	31 - 42	Benetton (1 BP)	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
13:45	Try: Venter, 27' Louw, 41' E. v.d. Merwe, 61' Prestorius, 77' Con: Wolhuter, 28', 42', 62', 77' Pen: Wolhuter, 6'	Report	Try: Umaga, 7' Mendy, 13', 38' Marin, 23' Ruzza, 44' Con: Umaga, 8', 24', 39', 44' Pen: Umaga, 18', 35', 65'	Attendance: 3,740 Referee: Craig Evans

Round 16

26 April 2025	(1 BP) Stormers	54 – 5	Benetton	Cape Town Stadium
18:15	Try: Sandi, 4' du Plessis, 16' Senatla, 33' Theuinssen, 43' Zas, 65' de Villiers, 70' Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 79' Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 4', 17', 34', 44', 66', 80' Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 10', 20' Drop: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 14'	Report, [ 2]	Try: Umaga, 41'	Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Adam Jones

Round 17

10 May 2025	(1 BP) Benetton	33–7	Glasgow Warriors	Stadio Monigo, Treviso
18:15	Try: Odogwu, 6' Maile, 8' Smith, 26' Menoncello, 52' Umaga, 57' Con: Umaga, 6', 9', 53', 58'	Report	Try: Jones, 64' Con: Horne, 65'	Attendance: 5,000

Round 18

16 May 2025	(1 BP) Munster	30–21	Benetton	Musgrave Park, Cork
20:00	Try: Crowley, 14' Barron, 44' Abrahams, 49' Wycherley, 73' Con: Crowley, 15' Casey, 50' Pen: Crowley, 21' Casey, 57'		Try: Rhyno Smith, 19', 28' Bautista Bernasconi, 69' Con: Jacob Umaga, 20', 29', 70'	Attendance: 8,800

Benetton Rugby have been eliminated from the Championship.

European Champions Cup

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leinster (2)	4	4	0	0	113	54	+59	15	7	2	0	18	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	La Rochelle (8)	4	2	0	2	98	75	+23	12	6	1	2	11
3	Benetton (11)	4	2	0	2	83	109	−26	11	14	2	1	11	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Clermont (14)	4	2	0	2	89	81	+8	13	12	2	0	10
5	Bath (10CC)	4	1	0	3	102	114	−12	14	16	1	2	7	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Bristol Bears	4	1	0	3	80	132	−52	12	20	2	1	7

Source: EPCR^[37]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool matches

Round 1

7 December 2024 13:00

(1 BP) Clermont	28–0	Benetton
Try: Yato (2) 8' c, 74' c Massa (2) 32' c, 39' c Con: Urdapilleta (4/4) 9', 33', 40', 75'	Report

Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont Attendance: 14,641 Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)

Round 2

15 December 2024 13:00

(1 BP) Benetton	22–21	Bath (1 BP)
Try: Smith (2) 8' m, 32' c Lynagh 15' m Bernasconi 79' m Con: Albornoz (1/3) 33'	Report	Try: Annett 23' c Bayliss 52' c du Toit 58' c Con: Bailey (3/3) 24', 53', 59'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Round 3

12 January 2025 15:15

(1 BP) Bristol Bears	35–29	Benetton (2 BP)
Try: Williams 7' c Marmion (2) 17' c, 58' c Lahiff 43' c Thacker 51' c Con: Byrne (5/5) 8', 18', 44', 52', 58'	Report	Try: Smith 13' m Zuliani 22' c Gallagher 39' m Bernasconi 63' c Menoncello 68' m Con: Albornoz (2/5) 23', 64'

Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 13,104 Referee: Luc Ramos (France)

Round 4

18 January 2025 17:30

Benetton	32–25	La Rochelle (1 BP)
Try: N. Cannone 14' c Bernasconi 66' c Con: Albornoz (1/1) 14' Smith (1/1) 67' Pen: Albornoz (2/3) 22', 41' Smith (4/5) 39', 49', 59', 62'	Report	Try: Nowell 24' m Kerr-Barlow (2) 44' c, 55' c Con: Hastoy (2/3) 45', 55' Pen: Hastoy (2/2) 7', 12'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,813 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Knockout stages

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Bordeaux Bègles	43
	16	Ulster	31
						1	Bordeaux Bègles	47
						9	Munster	29
	8	La Rochelle	24
	9	Munster	25
											1	Bordeaux Bègles	35
											5	Toulouse	18
	4	Toulon	72
	13	Saracens	42
						4	Toulon	18
						5	Toulouse	21
	5	Toulouse	38
	12	Sale Sharks	15
																1	Bordeaux Bègles	28
																3	Northampton Saints	20
	2	Leinster	62
	15	Harlequins	0
						2	Leinster	52
						7	Glasgow Warriors	0
	7	Glasgow Warriors	43
	10	Leicester Tigers	19
											2	Leinster	34
											3	Northampton Saints	37
	3	Northampton Saints	46
	14	Clermont	24
						3	Northampton Saints	51
						6	Castres	16
	6	Castres	39
	11	Benetton	37

Round of 16

Benetton Treviso ended the pool stages as eleventh seed. In the Round of 16, they drew Castres.

5 April 2025 16:00

Castres (6)	39–37	(11) Benetton
Try: Baget (2) 2' c, 22' m Chabouni 16' c Babillot 39' m Ambadiang 64' m Fernandez 78' c Con: Le Brun (2/4) 3', 17' Fernandez (1/2) 79' Pen: Le Brun (1/2) 47'	Report	Try: Gallo 4' c Mendy 32' m Brex 35' c Bernasconi 43' m Odogwu 57' c Con: Albornoz (3/4) 5', 36', 58' Pen: Albornoz (1/2) 7', 62'

Stade Pierre-Fabre, Castres Attendance: 12,258 Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

Benetton Treviso are eliminated from the competition.

Home attendance

End of season.

Domestic League						European Rugby Champions Cup						Total
League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	League	Fixtures	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	Highest	Lowest	Total Attendance	Average Attendance
2024–25 United Rugby Championship	9	40,020	4,447	5,000	3,243	2024–25 European Champions Cup	2	9,455	4,727	4,813	4,642	49,475	4,498