Zebre Rugby Team Announcement

The Thomond Park game is the second consecutive away game on the Irish island for the Italian North-West franchise after last Friday's defeat in Belfast. Against the Irish side under new head coach Foley - there are first starts for the new summer arrivals prop Lovotti and fly-half Padovani - two players who attend the Italy Rugby Union National Academy. In the half backs Padovani will pair with Palazzani to form one of the youngest partnerships ever selected by an Italian team in the GUINNESS PRO12.

Clear targets for Zebre Rugby head coach Andrea Cavinato: "It will be a very hard clash: we need to improve in the defensive aspect and eliminate individual errors that have affected much in the first two games against Cardiff and Ulster, especially in the tactical kicking game".

Here's Zebre line-up for Friday 19 September 2014 at Thomond Park in Limerick (Ireland) for the 3rd round of the GUINNESS PRO12 against Munster. Kick off at 7.30 pm local time :

15 Hendrik Daniller
14 David Odiete*
13 Giulio Bisegni
12 Kelly Haimona
11 Giulio Toniolatti
10 Edoardo Padovani*
9 Guglielmo Palazzani

8 Samuela Vunisa
7 Filippo Cristiano
6 Mauro Bergamasco
5 George Biagi
4 Quintin Geldenhuys (cap)
3 Luciano Leibson
2 Andrea Manici*
1 Andrea Lovotti

Replacements:

16 Oliviero Fabiani
17 Andrea De Marchi
18 Dario Chistolini
19 Valerio Bernabò
21 Andries Ferreira
21 Alberto Chillon*
22 Gonzalo Garcia
23 Mirco Bergamasco

Coach. Andrea CAVINATO

Not available for selection due to injury: Marco Bortolami, Tommaso D'Apice*, Filippo Ferrarini*, Tommaso Iannone*, Brendon Leonard, Matteo Pratichetti, Leonardo Sarto*, Andries Van Schalkwyk, Giovanbattista Venditti*, Michele Visentin*.

Referee: Ian Davies (Wales Rugby Union) at his 18th direction in the competition, 4th overall with Zebre Rugby.

Assistant Referees: Nigel Correll and Gary Glennon (Both Irish Rugby Football Union)