All you need to know: Connacht v Benetton

Conancht welcome Italian side Benetton to Dexcom Stadium for Round 12 of the BKT United Rugby Championship.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's game.

When’s the game?

Kick-off is 19:35 at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday 1st March.

How will the two teams line up?

The Connacht management team will announce their squad on Friday at midday when it will be named on connachtrugby.ie and the Connacht Rugby social channels.

State of play so far:

Connacht got a bonus point win over Cardiff the last day out to see them climb up the table and get back in the hunt for a play off spot. The win leaves them three points off a spot in the top eight.

Benetton who are seventh in the standings are four points ahead of Connacht. The Italian side had a bonus point win over Ulster two weeks ago in Treviso

Officials:

Recent meetings against Benetton in the URC:

2023/24 - BEN 18-14 CON

2022/23 - CON 38-19

2021/22 - BEN 17-21 CON

Where to watch:

TG4 and Premier Sport

Top try scorers:

8 - Ben Murphy

4 - Cathal Forde, Chay Mullins, David Hawkshaw, Dylan Tierney-Martin and Paul Boyle

3 - Dave Heffernan

2 - Byron Ralston, Caolin Blade, Joe Joyce, Josh Murphy, Mack Hansen, Matthew Devine, Oisin Dowling, Piers O'Conor, Shamus Hurley-Langton and Shane Jennings

1 - Adam McBurney, Eoin de Buitlear, Finlay Bealham, Jack Aungier, Josh Ioane, Santi Cordero, Sean Jansen, Sean O'Brien and Shayne Bolton

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