Treviso v Dragons: Teams
Treviso have named former England Sevens captain Andy Vilk in their side for the visit of the Dragons.
Last Updated: 01/10/10 9:10pm
Treviso have named former England Sevens captain Andy Vilk in their side for the visit of the Dragons.
Vilk has been named in the centres alongside Ezio Galon, with Benjamin De Jager back in the line-up while scrum-half Tobias Botes plays at full-back
Italy winger Ludovico Nitoglia also makes his first start since making the move from L'Aquila.
Bath centre Tom Cheeseman will make his first start for the Men of Gwent since moving from the Rec.
No.8 Andrew Coombs also makes his first start of the season, while centre Ashley Smith returns from a six-month lay-off to be named among the replacements.
The Dragons will be without Wales international Luke Charteris, though, as he is rested.
Treviso: 15 Tobias Botes, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Andrew Vilk, 11 Benjamin De Jager, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Paul Derbyshire, 6 Robert Barbieri, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (c), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Ignacio Fernandez Rouye.
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Franco Sbaraglini, 18 Pedro Di Santo, 19 Enrico Pavanello, 20 Alessandro Zanni, 21 Tommaso Benvenuti, 22 Simon Picone, 23 Brendan Williams.
Dragons: 15 Will Harries, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Tom Riley, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Matthew Jones, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Andrew Coombs, 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Scott Morgan, 4 Rob Sidoli, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Tom Willis (c), Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Nigel Hall, 18 Hugh Gustafson, 19 Adam Jones, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 Matthew Evans, 22 Nicky Griffiths, 23 Ashley Smith.
