VAN SCHALKWYK IS BACK AGAINST SCARLETS

Tomorrow night at 6 pm Mauro Bergamasco and his team mates will face the Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets in the seventh round. Both teams are coming from the wins of last weekend in the European Cups: Zebre took 4 points from France against CA Brive while the welsh side obtained a win at home against the Leicester Tigers.

Both teams have to deal with several injures and will not be able to select some internationals held as a precaution to rest ahead of the upcoming November test matches. Next weekend 13 white & black boys will face Samoa with the jersey of Italy and 8 Scarlets were selected in Wales squad which hosts Australia at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

After recoving from the injury suffered in Belfast in round 2, South African number 8 Andries van Schalkwyk will take the field for the italian side. The back rower will earn his 50th official cap with Zebre jersey becoming the first player to reach this goal in the franchise history.

On the bench, ready to gain his first ever cap in the Guinness PRO12, sits the scrum-half Violi as permit player for the away game in Llanelli. The Parma 1993 born number 9 comes from the italian league champions of Rugby Calvisano.

Here's Zebre line-up for Saturday 1 November 2014 at Parc Y Scarlets in Llanelli (Wales) for the 7th round of the GUINNESS PRO12 against the Scarlets. Kick off at 6.00 pm local time :

15 David Odiete*
14 Giulio Toniolatti
13 Mirco Bergamasco
12 Matteo Pratichetti
11 Leonardo Sarto*
10 Edoardo Padovani*
9 Brendon Leonard

8 Andries Van Schalkwyk
7 Filippo Cristiano
6 Mauro Bergamasco (cap)
5 Valerio Bernabò
4 Quintin Geldenhuys
3 Dario Chistolini
2 Andrea Manici*
1 Matias Aguero

Replacements :
16 Oliviero Fabiani
17 Andrea Lovotti*
18 Luciano Leibson
19 Samuela Vunisa
20 Marco Bortolami
21 Marcello Violi*
22 Dion Berryman
23 Luciano Orquera

Coach. Andrea CAVINATO

Not available for selection due to injury: George Biagi, Giulio Bisegni, Alberto Chillon*, Hendrik Daniller, Tommaso D'Apice*, Filippo Ferrarini*, Andries Ferreira, Gonzalo Garcia, Tommaso Iannone*, Giovanbattista Venditti*, Michele Visentin*.

* Former member of the Italian Rugby Union U20 academy "Ivan Francescato".

Referee: Gary Conway (Irish Rugby Football Union), 4th direction in the tournament; 2nd overall with Zebre Rugby.

Assistant Referees: Wayne Davies e Greg Morgan (Both Wales Rugby Union)

No live tv coverage. Live score text coverage on www.pro12rugby.com