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'Doesn't everybody love an underdog story?!'

FT: Benetton 35-8 Bulls.

Benetton captain Dewaldt Duvenage
picks up the trophy!

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'That was a big statement from them.

'I thought they were brilliant.

'Their kicking game put us under heaps of pressure,'

FT: Benetton 35-8 Bulls.

Bulls' captain Marcell Coetzee hails Benetton's title success.

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'How complete he is as a player.

'We've seen his development, and you forget he's only 21.'

FT: Benetton 35-8 Bulls.

Gordon D'Arcy and BJ Botha hail the match-winning performance of player-of-the-match Paolo Garbisi.

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'We didn't stop believing in ourselves.

'This victory is a massive step to where we want to go.'

FT: Benetton 35-8 Bulls.

Player of the match Paolo Garbisi reflects on Benetton's title win.

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TRY:

57 mins:

BENETTON 35-8 Bulls.

Paolo Garbisi draws the defender before feeding Edoardo Padovani for Benetton's fifth try.

Garbisi drags the conversion wide, however.

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BENETTON 30-8 Bulls.

Paolo Garbisi extends Benetton's lead to 22 points at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso.

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45 mins:

BENETTON 27-8 Bulls.

Michele Lamaro goes over after being fed by a fine Monty Ioane take and pass.

Paolo Garbisi kicks the extras.

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'It's like they haven't trained this week!

'You'd give out to Under-12s if they were doing this.'

HT: Benetton 20-8 Bulls.

Gordon D'Arcy 80 and BJ Botha were not impressed by the Bulls' first-half performance in Treviso.

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BENETTON 20-8 Bulls.

TMO Brian MacNeice rules Stravino Jacobs stops Corniel Els with a high tackle on the try line.

The Bulls' winger is shown a yellow card, and that is half-time.

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32 mins:

BENETTON 13-8 Bulls.

Corniel Els takes advantage of an Ivan van Zyl error to score Benetton's second try.

Paolo Garbisi misses yet another kick, however.

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Benetton 8-8 BULLS.

Chris Smith kicks a magnificent penalty from inside his own half.

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27 mins:

Benetton 8-5 BULLS.

Madosh Tambwe gets the Bulls on the scoreboard in Treviso, but Chris Smith misses the conversion.

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BENETTON 8-0 Bulls.

Paolo Garbisi extends Benetton's lead at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso.

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5 mins:

BENETTON 5-0 Bulls.

Monty Ioane scores in at the left corner for the opening try in Treviso.

Paolo Garbisi misses the conversion kick, however.

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TEAM NEWS:

Benetton full-back Jayden Hayward makes his last appearance for the Treviso-based side.

Chris Smith replaces Morné Steyn at fly-half for Bulls, while veteran Jan Uys replaces Janko Swanepoel at lock.

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'They need to play at pace, play at tempo, and see what happens off the back of that.'

Former SA prop BJ Botha and Gordon D'Arcy discuss what Benetton need to do against the Bulls in Treviso this evening.

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'We'll try and keep the ball in play to take it away from their strengths.'

Benetton head coach Kieran Crowley is worried about the pace of the Bulls' back three ahead of today's final.

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'This Benetton side has played some phenomenal rugby on their journey to the final.'

Bulls' captain Marcell Coetzee says his side won't underestimate the threat of Benetton in today's final in Treviso.

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'We want to showcase our way of playing.

'The future is looking better and better for Italian rugby.'

Benetton captain Dewaldt Duvenage is looking forward to today's final against the Bulls.

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