L'Aquila Rugby 24-27 Dinamo Bucuresti (Sun 8th 3pm)
HT: 14-24 Attendance: 500
L'Aquila Rugby: Tries - F Napoli 2, A Tagliavento; Cons - F Hostie 3; Pen - F Hostie
Dinamo Bucuresti: Tries - N Oprea, S Demici, F Tasca; Cons - S Guranescu 3; Pens - S Guranescu 2
L'Aquila Rugby: M Acuna; A Pelliccione, F Napoli, G Rossi (capt), S Pietrpaoli; F Hostie, M Fontanazza; S Silva, M Alfonsetti, F Accatino, F Lopez, F Parisse, M Biondi, F Galgani, A Tagliavento
Replacements: A Comperti, H Mazzino, F Angeloni, F Scipioni, M Mastropierto, G Cagnolo, A Masi
Match Preview:
Dinamo's last win in Europe was against an Italian side, Bologna at home, and they will be hoping for better things than in the first round of the PARKER PEN CHALLENGE CUP.
There they ran headlong into an unforgiving Saracens side who rewrote the record books with two massive victories - 87-11 in Romania and 151-0 at home.
L'Aquila, meanwhile, have only one win to their credit in Europe, against Valladolid in the PARKER PEN SHIELD last season. They went down to Colomiers in the first round of the PARKER PEN CHALLENGE CUP, 58-14 at home and 75-5 away.
The Italians warmed-up for their PARKER PEN SHIELD challenge against Dinamo by notching only their second victory in the Italian Championship with a 30-12 home win over Padova.