SEVERAL PLAYERS ARE BACK IN ACTION FOR ZEBRE

In the first leg played in Parma on the 18th November 2012 - after the delayed scheduled time due to the tragic death of Ulstermen player Nevin Spence, his father and brother - Zebre could not achieve their first ever win in the competition despite scoring four tries with a double by their try scorers leader, the south African number 8 Van Schalkwyk.

With the national teams off after two rounds of the RBS Six Nations, three players previously selected with Italy are back in action for Zebre: backs Buso and Garcia capped for Italy and back Odiete capped for Italy Under 20. They will bring experience and freshness to the backs unit who suffered a couple of injuries with men like Quartaroli and Tebaldi: try scorer in last Sunday clash in Parma vs Warriors.

The 15th Round of RaboDirect PRO12 will be the first game of Marco Bortolami as skipper of the "white & black stripes" after gaining his first cap with the new Italian franchise last Sunday: Zebre's ambassador at the RaboDirect PRO12 was great in the line-outs stealing two opponent's throws during his 53 minutes played.

Here's Zebre Rugby line-up for Friday night game at Ravenhill stadium in Belfast facing Ulster in the 15th Round of the RaboDirect PRO12 :

15 Paolo BUSO

14 Leonardo SARTO*

13 Alberto BENETTIN*

12 Gonzalo GARCIA

11 Sinoti SINOTI

10 Daniel HALANGAHU

9 Alberto CHILLON*

8 Josh SOLE

7 Mauro BERGAMASCO

6 Filippo CRISTIANO

5 Marco BORTOLAMI (cap)

4 Michael VAN VUREN

3 Luca REDOLFINI

2 Andrea MANICI*

1 Andrea DE MARCHI

Replacements :

16 Carlo FESTUCCIA

17 Carlo FAZZARI*

18 Matias AGUERO

19 Dries VAN SCHALKWYK

20 Nicola BELARDO*

21 Alberto CHIESA*

22 Matteo PRATICHETTI

23 David ODIETE*

Coach. Christian GAJAN

* Former member of the Italian Rugby Union academy "Ivan Francescato" of Tirrenia.

Not available for selection through injury : Nicola CATTINA, Filippo CAZZOLA*, Roberto QUARTAROLI*, Tito TEBALDI , Ruggero TREVISAN*

Referee: Neil Paterson (SRU, 47th competition game) 5th direction this season of Zebre.
Assistant Referees: Paul Haycock, Barry O'Keefe (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: John West (IRFU)
TMO: Peter Ferguson (IRFU)

Live on BBC Sport NI and Sportitalia 2 in Italy