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Perpignan welcome Benetton Treviso to Stade Aime Giral in a must-win encounter for the Catalan giants in Pool 5. - 15/10/2010 15:21
Perpignan welcome Benetton Treviso to Stade Aime Giral in a must-win encounter for the Catalan giants in Pool 5.
Perpignan fell to a disappointing 43-34 loss at Pac Y Scarlets last weekend but were able to salvage a try-scoring bonus-point.
But they face a hard-nosed Italian side that pushed former champions Leicester all the way in the opening round of European action.
It will be a big ask for Treviso, who have not won away from home in seven games. Their last win on the road came back in the 2004-05 season where they recorded a 34-0 victory over Bourgoin.
The have history in this competition having faced each other eight times. Perpignan boast the far superior record with seven wins but Treviso recorded a narrow 9-8 win over the Catalans in last season’s opener.
Quatre essais marqués en deuxième période donnent à Perpignan une victoire bonifiée à domicile contre Benetton Treviso. - 17/10/2010 17:15
Four second-half tries gave Perpignan a bonus-point victory at home to Benetton Treviso.
Both sides came into Round 2 on the back of opening round defeats. The hosts were involved in a nine-try thriller against the Scarlets and a last-minute try denied Treviso victory against Leicester.
Jerome Porical put the home side ahead after 12 minutes and the full-back converted his own try for a 7-0 lead.
19-year-old centre Tommaso Benvenuti hit back for the visitors, adding to his brace against the Tigers last weekend. Tobias Botes added the conversion after missing an earlier penalty.
The two-sides, who have met for each other in the Heineken Cup group stages for the last five seasons went into the break all level.
Benvenuti struck for his second just two minutes into the second-half giving his side the lead for the first time.
From that point on though it was one-way traffic with the home side dominating. Procial converted a Gavin Hume and then a penalty try as they banished the memories of last season’s home defeat at the hands of the Italians.
South African lock Gerrie Britz and Damien Chouly scored late on with David Mele and Kevin Boulogne converting respectively.
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