Poor start to the URC season for Glasgow after loss to Benetton

WINNING START: Benetton’s Ignacio Mendy scores their third try. Pic: INPHO/Luca Sighinolfi

Glasgow's rebuild under new head coach Franco Smith got off to a rocky start as they suffered a 33-11 defeat at Benetton in the opening match of the United Rugby Championship.

Former Italy boss Smith was appointed in the summer after the club parted company with Danny Wilson, who had overseen a five-match losing streak at the end of last season that culminated in a 76-14 defeat to Leinster in the URC quarter-finals.