Championnat d'Italie de rugby à XV
After 18 months in that job, he returned to Italy to take over as head coach of former side Treviso. He guided them to two National Championship of Excellence titles in 2008–2009 and in 2009–2010, as well as one Coppa Italia in 2010 and one Italian Supercup in 2009. He resigned in December 2013.