Spritz & Scrums - Italian Rugby Podcast

Zebre Parma beat Munster for the first time! We are here to talk about it! We also get try to work out what is going on with Benetton's rocky start to the season!

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We are back! The new season has started - we talk about Benetton vs Scarlets / Zebre Parma vs Cardiff and the upcoming second round of the URC plus who is paying for Benetton's new stand?

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We are joined by the guys at Carbo Rugby who explain for our English listeners the world of Serie A Elite Rugby. We also discuss the Italian Rugby summer tests, so sit down with a spritz and a carbonara and learn something!

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This week we look back at Italian Rugby's year and give our top 10 insights from Benetton to Zebre, stands and players!

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We talk about Benetton's big win against Edinburgh, a tiny bit about Zebre vs Glasgow, the International Italian Rugby Touch Tournament - sponsored by Gilbert, the amazing people we met and we try to work out if Coach is secretly, actually good at Rugby?

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The front-flipping legend Rhyno Smith joins us in an extended interview to talk all things drop goals, playoff hopes, the big game against Edinburgh this weekend, and (most importantly) which of the Benetton boys does the best BBQ in Treviso. A brilliant chat with a brilliant man.

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Who would have thought we'd head down to South Africa and come away with 4 bloody points! What a week, playoff hopes are still alive and kicking.

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For the second year in a row Benetton take a defeat in the Challenge Cup Semi-final. We came, we saw, we did not conquer. But we discuss what hopes we have for the rest of the URC season!

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We discuss how Benetton took 2 points/lost two points in Belfast, what's happened to Zebre & Coach gives a rallying war cry for the big semi final game at the weekend!

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Benetton get a much needed bonus point victory over the Dragons and Zebre have put in a solid first half performance against Connacht but still end in a horrid scoreline. We also discuss where we would like the autumn games to played in Italy - Portofino gets vetoed.

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