United Rugby Championship: Benetton beat Zebre in the Argentinian clash
It is being disputed eighth date of the United Rugby Championship after the break for Champions and Challenge Cup. There, the Saturday, Benettonwith Tomás Albornoz and Ignacio Brex from the beginning and Bautista Bernasconi and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro in the bank, surpassed by 11-10 to Zebra (Gonzalo García and Gerónimo Prisciantelli headlines) in the match that had the most Argentines. All rugby, in Disney+.
The day had opened on Friday with the agonizing victory of Munster about Ulster by 22-19and returning to the action of 21, Stormers he beat him by 29-10 to Lions, Sharks by 20-17 to Bulls, Ospreys by 23-22 to Scarletsand Connachtwhich had Santiago Cordero between the relays, he fell 20-12 with Leinster.
He Sundayfrom 12:00, glasgow and Edinburgh They will meet in the only match of the day. Sebastian Cancelliere will be a starter for the local team, and finally, the date will close on Thursday 26 with the duel between Dragons and Cardifffrom 2:15 p.m.
LEINSTER 20-12 CONNACHT (Saturday)
The entire match was highly contested and both teams had a hard time reaching the opponent’s goal as a result of the struggle in contact and, in addition, quite a few inaccuracies when attacking. In any case, Leinster, with the help of Andrew Osborne and Charlie Tector, was able to make the difference in the first half, and although in the second half they suffered the conquests of Oisín Dowling and Shane Jennings, they never stopped being ahead on the scoreboard , while Harry and Ross Byrne each scored a penalty to give the homeowner peace of mind. In Connacht, Santiago Cordero was a substitute and came on in the second half.
OSPREYS 23-22 SCARLETS (Saturday)
With a stellar performance from Ioan Lloyd, added to the contribution of Ellis Mee, Scarlets dominated their rival for almost the entire development and it seemed that victory was not going to escape them. However, towards the end of the story, the local team increasingly increased the intensity of its push, which strained the opposing defense to the maximum. Thus, first Sam Lousi at 58 minutes, and then Ioan Nicholas at 76, were cautioned, through which the Ospreys gained several spaces in the back of the visit, and already in time, Iestyn Hopkins appeared to give turn the scoreboard and declare victory for his team, which had also previously supported Sam Parry and Justin Tipuric.
SHARKS 20-17 BULLS (Saturday)
An entertaining round trip was the main protagonist of this match between two of the best teams in the tournament. Although Sharks had started it by winning with an intractable Jordan Hendrikse, the visit was able to turn the score around before the break thanks to tries by Cobus Wiese and Harold Vorster, which he scored in less than five minutes. Afterwards, the spaces were closing more and more, until with half an hour to go, a penalty try and a new kick by Hendrikse once again tipped the balance in favor of the local team, who never lost the advantage again.
STORMERS 29-10 LIONS (Saturday)
After a close start, the home team was able to settle after the expulsion of Ruben Schoeman against his rival 20 minutes into the game. From that moment on, Stormers managed the match much better and was very effective in attack to be able to get a good advantage in the score, which they achieved through Joseph Dweba on two occasions and Suleiman Hartzenberg. Subsequently, although Lions managed to react in the second half, and were able to support the hand of Edwill van der Merwe and Franco Marais, their inaccuracies, their indiscipline and the lesser man made it impossible for them to get any closer on the scoreboard to the local team, who settled the history with the conquests of Leolin Zas and Neethling Fouché.
BENETTON 11–10 ZEBRE (Saturday)
With the last breath Benetton won a classic that had lost it. In a ruck within 22m and with possession, Zebre awarded the winning penalty to those from Treviso that Rhyno Smith did not waste in the Italian classic. The game showed little and there was only one try per side. Leonardo Marin at 29′ after insisting for several minutes near the goal and the visitors scored in the complement with Andrea Zambonin, both with the same formula of push and effort in the last meter. Marin added the other 3 points for the winner and Giacomo Da Re scored the conversion and a penalty. Ignacio Brex started at home and Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Bautista Bernasconi entered in the second half. Zebre had Gonzalo García, Gerónimo Prisciantelli and Bautista Stavile from the beginning.
ULSTER 19-22 MUNSTER (Friday)
On their visit to Northern Ireland, Munster achieved a triumph by defeating Ulster in the last minute by 22-19. In an even first half, the local team won thanks to Tom O’Toole’s try, however, after the visit’s stoppage time, the prop would be sent off after 32 minutes, and everything changed. Munster had everything in their favor, but they couldn’t pull away against an Ulster that put up such a fight that with 3 minutes left they were winning 19-15. However, the night had an exclusive protagonist: Tom Farrell, who scored his third victory of the game at the end and gave his team the victory.
