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Benetton face off against Leinster in United Rugby Championship Round 3 on Sat 5th October 2024 at Stadio Comunale di Monigo. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 17:15 and is broadcast on Premiersports. In South Africa it’s at 18:15 SAST on SuperSport, 05:15 NZST in New Zealand, 03:15 AEST in Australia and 09:15 EST in the US.
Leinster won the last encounter but Leinster are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 9 places in the league table with Leinster in 1st and Benetton in 10th as such Leinster are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Benetton vs Leinster 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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Ross Byrne has kicked a conversion.
Leinster Rugby are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Lee Barron picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
The Benetton Rugby pack has powered over for Marco Manfredi to score the try.
Ryan Baird (Leinster Rugby) is shown a yellow card
Ciaran Frawley makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as Caelan Doris scores from close range.
Ciaran Frawley makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Leinster Rugby are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Jack Conan picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Ciaran Frawley converts the try.
A series of passes by Leinster Rugby results in a try for Ciaran Frawley
Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton Rugby) is shown a yellow card