Benetton Treviso & Zebre face Guinness Pro12 exit

London Scottish are desperate to return to “tier one” rugby and with their path to the Aviva Premiership blocked they may look elsewhere.

Treviso and Zebre owe €1.

5 million to the other Pro12 clubs and must pay by the end of the month or face expulsion.

Both clubs indulged in similar brinkmanship last season and the Italian Rugby Federation threatened to withdraw the sides from the league.

A settlement was eventually reached but it was so late in the day that both sides found it hard to recruit players for the new season and subsequently struggled.

They currently occupy the bottom two p…

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