Zebre Rugby Club team to face Toyota Cheetahs

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After the conclusion of the first two rounds of the EPCR Challenge Cup and the first training camp of the Italian national team held in Parma, Zebre had their first training session back to prepare for Round 7 of the Guinness PRO14.

Head coach Michael Bradley has been able to test the tactical solutions that he will use tomorrow, when Castello and his teammates host the Cheetahs in Parma.

It will be the first time that the ducal city will have the honor of hosting an official challenge between two teams of two different hemispheres, an event made possible by the expansion of the Guinness PRO14 last summer.

The opponents of Zebre will be the Bloemfontein based franchise who previously took part in Super Rugby.

In the first ever Guinness PRO14 game at the Toyota Stadium, the Cheetahs overcame Zebre 54-39, with Zebre taking the bonus point with five tries scored.

There will be five changes in the starting line-up of Zebre, compared to the defeat at the Lanfranchi against Pau in the European Cup EPCR Challenge Cup.

Three in the pack with a totally brand new second row unit as well as Panico in the number 1 jersey.

In the backs, however, the two Padua born boys Bellini and Minozzi re-gain selection after recovering from injury.

Here’s the Zebre Rugby Club line-up for Saturday, October 28 match at Stadio Lanfranchi in Parma (Italy) for the 7th round of the Guinness PRO14 against the South-African side Cheetahs. Kick off at 6 pm local time:

15 Matteo Minozzi*

14 Giulio Bisegni

13 Tommaso Boni*

12 Tommaso Castello (cap)

11 Mattia Bellini

10 Carlo Canna

9 Marcello Violi*

8 Derick Minnie

7 Johan Meyer

6 Giovanni Licata* (permit player tesserato con le Fiamme Oro Rugby)

5 Valerio Bernabò

4 Leonard Krumow*

3 Eduardo Bello

2 Oliviero Fabiani

1 Sami Panico

Replacements :

16 Luhandre Luus*

17 Andrea Lovotti*

18 Dario Chistolini

19 Jacopo Sarto

20 Renato Giammarioli*

21 Guglielmo Palazzani

22 Serafin Bordoli

23 Ciaran Gaffney

Coach. Michael Bradley

Not available for selection due to injury: George Biagi, Tommaso D’Apice*, Andrea Manici*, Maxime Mbandà*, David Sisi

*Former member of the Italian Rugby Union academy “Ivan Francescato” of Parma

Referee: Dan Jones (Welsh Rugby Union)

Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi e Gianluca Gnecchi (Federazione Italiana Rugby)

TMO: Alan Falzone (Federazione Italiana Rugby)

Live tv coverage in Italy on Eurosport 2. Live text coverage of the game on www.pro14rugby.org and on Zebre Rugby twitter account with the official game hashtag #ZEBvCHE