At 6:30pm, Zebre's opponent will be the Glasgow Warriors, second on the table and determined to secure the semi-finals of the tournament in front of the home crowd at their third consecutive playoff qualification into the PRO12 .
Many confirmations are in the starting line-up selected by the technical staff of the Parma franchise since the last positive result in front of the home crowd of the XXV Aprile Stadium in Parma: only two changes in the halves with Palazzani- matchwinner against the Ospreys in the injury time - will start at scrum half and will partner Iannone at fly-half. The players who left the field prematurely against the Ospreys last week will not travel, while utility back Toniolatti recovers from his nose trauma suffered against the Scarlets in Llanelli: he roman born will be in the squad for the last seasonal away .
The White & Black come to the last act of the 2013/14 season in strong form, with two consecutive victories -a record for the young franchise - but Zebre have not won away from round 3 when they plunder the Cardiff Arms Park taking their first historic success. Bortolami and his team mates have collected points in the last 4 games including the latest lost 27-20 away to the Scarlets within inces to a second away victory .
Zebre are in the run of the Italian lead in the table over the italian rival of Treviso. Head coach Andrea Cavinato is sure that Zebre duty is more difficult than Treviso one: "Glasgow is second in the table; in front of their own fans they wants to stay there pointing to the bonus point. Newport has passed several difficulties, changed coaches and it's the third-last in the table. The Warriors I have seen in Monigo last weekend are a compact team, strong in every department. Away we have already won in Cardiff, while Edinburgh beat us just because of an unlucky referee decision. Fortunately, in Scotland we will not get a second-tier but the Irishman referee Rolland, the first big international this year sent to whistle us. I consider it a little recognition for the efforts we are making thi season"
Here's Zebre line-up for Saturday 10th May 2014 at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow (Scotland) for the 22nd and last round of the RaboDirect PRO12 against the Glasgow Warriors. Kick off at 6.30 pm local time :
15 David ODIETE*
14 Giulio TONIOLATTI
13 Gonzalo GARCIA
12 Giovanbattista VENDITTI*
11 Dion BERRYMAN
10 Tommaso IANNONE*
9 Guglielmo PALAZZANI
8 Samuela VUNISA
7 Andries VAN SCHALKWYK
6 Mauro BERGAMASCO
5 Marco BORTOLAMI (cap)
4 Quintin GELDENHUYS
3 Dario CHISTOLINI
2 Davide GIAZZON
1 Salvatore PERUGINI
Replacements :
16 Tommaso D'APICE*
17 Matias AGUERO
18 Dave RYAN
19 George BIAGI
20 Emiliano CAFFINI
21 Alberto CHILLON
22 Filippo FERRARINI*
23 Filippo CRISTIANO
Coach. Andrea CAVINATO
Not available for selection due to injury: Paolo BUSO, Nicola CATTINA, Brendon LEONARD, Andrea MANICI*, Luciano ORQUERA, Matteo PRATICHETTI, Roberto QUARTAROLI*, Leonardo SARTO*, Ruggero TREVISAN*
Referee: Alain Rolland (Irish Rugby Football Union) at his 65th competition game, 1st ever game with Zebre
Assistant Referees: Neil Paterson and Graeme Marshall (both Scottish Rugby Union)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scottish Rugby Union)
Live score text coverage on www.rabodirectpro12.com/live. Delayed tv coverage in Italy on Mediaset Italia 2 at 11.30 PM.
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