Listen to BBC radio commentary and live text as Gloucester take on Benetton in the European Challenge Cup semi-finals.
Find out moreGloucester have twice won European Challenge Cup and were runners up in 2017 and 2018Benetton have never reached a European Cup final in their historyA nice passage of play from Gloucester as scrum-half Caolan Englefield dummy throws the ball before off-loading to Zach Mercer and the hosts win a penalty at the breakdown.The home fans aren't happy as it looks like Gloucester winger Jonny May is caught in the air.
“I’ve played there a lot, I know a lot of their players, so I’m really looking forward to getting stuck into it. I know their Shed’s going to be pretty lively. We’ve got to quieten the Shed hopefully, play our gameplan and I can’t see why we can’t get the win.”It was a clever little kick and Josh Hathaway shows his pace on the wing to dot down.
Wingers Ignacio Mendy and Onisi Ratave are back in the squad, with Ignacio Brex partnering Tommaso Menoncello in the centre.Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings returns to Gloucester’s starting XV after missing their last two games, one of six changes director of rugby George Skivington has made to the side from their Premiership defeat last week by Exeter.
Thirteen of Benetton’s matchday 23 today are Italian internationals, including captain Michele Lamaro, Six Nations player of the tournament Tommaso Menoncello and experienced flanker Sebastian Negri. The most recent was an eight-try 54-25 win in the group stages just over three years ago also took place at Kingsholm.While Gloucester might not have been enjoying a season to remember in the Premiership, in cup rugby it’s a totally different story.Gloucester remain unbeaten in the Challenge Cup having come through the group stage as the only club that didn’t lose, and reached the final four having beaten Castres and Opsreys in the previous knock-out rounds.
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