Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney hopes he is usually a “good asset” for Gloucester on Saturday after they face Benetton of their European Problem Cup semi-final.
Varney, 22, has been capped 29 occasions by the Azzurri since making his worldwide debut in 2020 and can face a lot of his Azzurri team-mates at Kingsholm.
The winner will face both South African facet Sharks or French outfit Clermont within the closing in London on Friday, 24 Could.
“Coaching with them for lots of time within the yr, I understand how they play, I do know individually their skillsets as nicely so I feel that will likely be asset on the weekend,” Varney advised BBC Factors West.
“They’re a bodily pack, they’re very well-drilled and their assault is superb as nicely. They’ve bought good backs, good threats individually and so they play much like Italy.”
Benetton provided 20 gamers to Italy’s Six Nations squad this yr – they loved their best-ever marketing campaign within the match – together with captain Michele Lamaro, whereas their head coach Marco Bortolami is a former Cherry and Whites captain.
Gloucester have crushed Benetton the final thrice they’ve met within the Problem Cup, with a 54-25 win within the group phases in December 2021 the latest assembly.
“I feel they’re a unique workforce now,” stated Wales-born Varney, who qualifies for Italy by way of his mom.
“They’ll in all probability get caught into me I think about as a result of I gave them some chat in camp. [I’m] actually trying ahead to going up in opposition to them, it needs to be a cracker.”
