Last match of 2021 for Biella Rugby which today at 3.15 pm will host Settimo Torinese. The recovery of the sixth matchday of Serie A should have been played on the Turin field, but due to the recent snowfalls and subsequent frosts, the pitch is still unusable. Hence the request to reverse the fields that the yellow-green have welcomed with pleasure, considering that the synthetic turf of via Salvo D’Acquisto is in perfect condition.
«The match against Milan left us some aftermath, a few too many blows to recover during the Christmas holidays, but we will face today’s challenge with the utmost concentration – says head coach Marco Porrino -. I go back to saying that it will be a difficult race and that the different positions occupied by the two teams in the standings can be deceiving. I am sure that against Settimo nothing will be easy. We are ready to face a delicate moment but we aim to finish the first part of the season in a positive way ». The seasonal journey of the Bears was spotless, capable of only winning (five) with 165 points scored and 63 conceded, for a total of 22 goals achieved. The boys of the “yellow-blue bull” have yet to find their first success of the season. The many injuries have certainly weighed on Settimo’s game economy, so far able to snatch only a draw with Parabiago and to yield instead with Cus Torino, Cus Genova and I Centurioni. In the four previous games played in the past, Biella Rugby has collected the maximum, overcoming its rivals on all occasions, always at home with a very small gap: 20-18 in the first historic season in Serie A (28 October 2018) and 27-25 on 27 October 2019. On 26 January 2020 the roundest success for Ongarello and his teammates, who on that occasion won 12-31. The XV chosen by Porrino includes Ledesma, Vaglio Moien, Chaabane, Panaro, Catalano, Vezzoli, Oghittu, Protto, Rorato, Benettin, Lura, Laperuta, Grosso, Tosetti and Morosini.
The ranking
Cus Torino points 34; Biella Rugby 23; Rugby Milan 19; The Centurions and Parabiago 18; Alghero amateurs 9; Cus Genova 6; Settimo Torino 5; Pro Recco 0.