Cardiff Rugby vs Benetton Rugby · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
17–8
Match report
Cardiff Rugby beat Benetton Rugby 17-8 at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff in round 10 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 24 January 2026.
Benetton Rugby have now lost two in a row.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
2
Cardiff Rugby wins (29%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Benetton Rugby wins (71%)
Last 7 meetings, since May 2022
Biggest Cardiff Rugby win
30–13
18 Feb 2023
Biggest Benetton Rugby win
69–21
20 May 2022
Last 5 meetings
- 4 Apr 2026 · Challenge CupBenetton Rugby38Cardiff Rugby354 Apr 2026Benetton Rugby38–35Cardiff RugbyChallenge Cup
- 24 Jan 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipCardiff Rugby17Benetton Rugby824 Jan 2026Cardiff Rugby17–8Benetton RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 29 Mar 2025 · United Rugby ChampionshipBenetton Rugby20Cardiff Rugby1929 Mar 2025Benetton Rugby20–19Cardiff RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 21 Oct 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipCardiff Rugby22Benetton Rugby2321 Oct 2023Cardiff Rugby22–23Benetton RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 8 Apr 2023 · Challenge CupBenetton Rugby27Cardiff Rugby238 Apr 2023Benetton Rugby27–23Cardiff RugbyChallenge Cup
Lineups
Avg. age
28.6
Avg. age
27.1
Cardiff Rugby
- 1Rhys Barratt(23)
- 2Liam Belcher(30)
- 3Keiron Assarratti(29)
- 4Josh McNally(36)
- 5George Nott(30)
- 6Alex Mann(24)
- 8Alan Lawrence(28)
- 9Aled Davies(34)
- 10Callum Sheedy(30)
- 11Iwan Stephens(24)
- 12Ben Thomas(27)
- 13Harry Millard(30)
- 14Josh Adams(31)
- 15Jacob Beetham(25)
Replacements
- 16Evan Lloyd(24)
- 17Corey Domachowski(30)
- 18Javan Sebastian(32)
- 19Rory Thornton(31)
- 20Daniel Thomas(33)
- 21Johan Mulder(27)
- 22Ioan Lloyd(25)
- 23Mason Grady(24)
Benetton Rugby
- 1Destiny Aminu(23)
- 2Siua Maile(29)
- 3Tiziano Pasquali(32)
- 4Giulio Marini(24)
- 5Federico Ruzza(32)
- 6Riccardo Favretto(25)
- 7Manuel Zuliani(26)
- 8Lorenzo Cannone(25)
- 9Andy Uren(30)
- 10Nicolas Roger(25)
- 11Ignacio Mendy(26)
- 11Paolo Odogwu(29)
- 12Leonardo Marin(24)
- 13Tommaso Menoncello(24)
- 15Rhyno Christo Smith(33)
Replacements
- 16Bautista Bernasconi(25)
- 17Mirco Spagnolo(25)
- 18Marcos Gallorini(22)
- 19Scott Scrafton(33)
- 20So'otala Fa'aso'o(32)
- 21Jadin Kingi(24)
- 22Alessandro Garbisi(24)
- 23Filippo Drago(24)