The previous matches between the two team say 11 wins for Blues and 3 for Benetton Rugby and one draw.

These are the 23 Lions that will take the field.

Full back will be Jayden Hayward, on the wings Ratuva Tavuyara and Monty Ioane. Tommaso Benvenuti and Luca Morisi will be respectively right and left centre.

The half backs are Tito Tebaldi at scrum half and Tommaso Allan at fly-half.

The front row will consist of Nicola Quaglio, Hame Faiva and Tiziano Pasquali.

Locks will be Marco Fuser and captain Dean Budd. Finally, the back row sees Abraham Steyn, Sebastian Negri and Robert Barbieri completing the XV chosen by Crowley.

Benetton Rugby:

15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ratuva Tavuyara, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Sebastian Negri, 6 Abraham Steyn, 5 Dean Budd (C), 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Tiziano Pasquali, 2 Hame Faiva, 1 Nicola Quaglio.

Replacements: 16 Engjel Makelara, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Irne Herbst, 20 Marco Lazzaroni, 21 Marco Barbini, 22 Dewaldt Duvenage, 23 Marco Zanon

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley

Unavailable: Tomas Baravalle, Luca Bigi, Ignacio Brex, Andrea Bronzini, Angelo Esposito, Ornel Gega, Edoardo Gori, Giovanni Pettinelli, Marco Riccioni, Federico Zani

Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) Assistant Referees: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
Citing Commissioner: Stefano Marrama e Claudio Blessano (FIR)

TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)