Ulster Rugby v Benetton Rugby

GUINNESS PRO14 MATCH PREVIEW

ULSTER V BENETTON RUGBY GUINNESS PRO14 2017/18 ROUND 9 AT KINGSPAN STADIUM

CURRENT STANDINGS 2 5

LAST TIME 14 21 09.09.17 STADIO MONIGO

GUINNESS PRO14 MATCH PREVIEW

HEAD TO HEAD

ULSTER FORM GUIDE

BENETTON FORM GUIDE

15 13

15 1 13 1

PLAYED WINS LOSSES DRAWS

WIN

DRAW LOST

WIN

DRAW LOST

1 1

LAST 3 MATCHES

LAST 3 MATCHES

Ulster Rugby’s last six matches in all competitions have been evenly split with three wins and three defeats. The Ulstermen’s ten game unbeaten run in Belfast was ended by Leinster in round 7 of the Guinness PRO14. Ulster were defeated 23-27 at Zebre in round 5 but have never lost successive matches to Italian opponents. Benetton Rugby have a won three lost three record in the last six rounds of the Guinness PRO14, whilst their only victory away from home this season came at Edinburgh in round 3. The Italians have lost their last eleven encounters with Irish provinces since beating Connacht in Treviso in April 2016. Ulster’s only defeat to Benetton in twenty-one previous fixtures in all competitions was 12-23 in Belfast in October 2011. CURRENT FORM

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

ULSTER SCORERS

BENETTON RUGBY

DATE

VENUE

U

B

SCORERS

09.09.17 Stadio Monigo

21 14

Jacob Stockdale T John Cooney 3C Andrew Trimble 2T Sean Reidy T Charles Piutau T Jared Payne T Ruan Pienaar 2C

Federico Ruzza T Ian McKinley T/2C

03.04.17 Kingspan Stadium

19 7

Ian McKinley C Filo Paulo T

11

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