RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points

AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won 15 Italian Championships and, lest we forget, walked away with the hurriedly organised Rainbow Cup in the teeth of Covid disruption in 2021 but I would nonetheless suggest their European Challenge Cup semi-final at Toulon this afternoon represents the highwater mark in their history. Their game at Stade Felix Mayol – and whatever happened to neutral semi-final venues by the way? – is proper big boys big pants rugby, a showpiece occasion a...