Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Benetton v Connacht 
United Rugby Championship - Round 2 
Fri 2nd October 2026, 11:45am PDT 
Stadio Monigo 
Hollie Davidson Last 5 Games
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Benetton v Connacht United Rugby Championship - Round 2 Fri 2nd October 2026, 11:45am PDT Stadio Monigo Hollie Davidson 
57' 63' 64' 72' 74' 
Bautista Bernasconi 
Ciaran Frawley 
Sean Jansen Sean Jansen 
Sam Gilbert Sam Gilbert Sam Gilbert 
Alessandro Garbisi Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Hemispheres collide in the new Nations Championship. Stream live, replays and highlights free on RugbyPass TV.
Benetton face off against Connacht in United Rugby Championship Round 2 on Fri 2nd October 2026 at Stadio Monigo. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 19:45. In South Africa it’s at 20:45 SAST, 07:45 NZST in New Zealand, 04:45 AEST in Australia and 11:45 EST in the US.
Connacht won the last encounter but Connacht are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 7 places in the league table with Connacht in 8th and Benetton in 15th as such Connacht are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Benetton vs Connacht will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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