Mauro Bergamasco will lead Zebre against PRO12 Champions Leinster

The coaching staff have announced the squad for the trip to Ireland and the starting line-up for the encounter in the fifteenth round of the tournament that will be refereed by veteran Welsh referee Nigel Owens, refereeing his first game involving the italian side.

Zebre Rugby will welcome five permit players to the matchday 23, each who normally take part in the main Italian league Eccellenza. One of them, the Treviso born lock Sutto from Fiamme Oro Rugby, will make his first overall appereance in the Guinness PRO12.

Zebre Rugby have never caught points against Leinster and have never won in Ireland while coach Matt O'Connor's side took the bonus point win in four of the previous five clashes.

The italian side will face the Irish away game without some internationals rested by Italy, while three of the 13 Azzurri capped by Italy head coach Jacques Brunel for the third round of the Six Nations against Scotland will start at the RDS Arena: winger Visentin, number 8 Vunisa and flanker Mauro Bergamasco, who will captain of the XV of the italian Northwest for the eighth time.

Here's Zebre line-up for Friday 20 February 2015 at the RDS Arena in Dublin (IRELND) for the 15th round of the GUINNESS PRO12 against Leinster. Kick off at 7.35 pm local time :

15 Hendrik Daniller
14 Dion Berryman
13 Mirco Bergamasco
12 Matteo Pratichetti
11 Michele Visentin*
10 Luciano Orquera
9 Brendon Leonard

8 Samuela Vunisa
7 Mauro Bergamasco (cap)
6 Jacopo Sarto
5 Michele Sutto
4 Valerio Bernabò
3 Luciano Leibson
2 Oliviero Fabiani
1 Andrea De Marchi

Replacements:

16 Lorenzo Giovanchelli
17 Laert Naka
18 Luca Redolfini
19 Giacomo Bernini
20 Ruben Riccioli*
21 Alberto Chillon*
22 Edoardo Padovani*
23 David Odiete*

Coach. Victor Jimenez

Not available for selection due to injury: Filippo Cristiano, Tommaso D'Apice*, Filippo Ferrarini*, Gonzalo Garcia, Quintin Geldenhuys, Andrea Lovotti*, Giulio Toniolatti, Andries Van Schalkwyk

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

Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU, 118th competition game)

Assistant Referees: Kieran Barry and Stuart Douglas (both IRFU)

TMO: Dermot Moloney (IRFU)

Live tv coverage in Ireland on TG4 and delayed tv coverage on Nuvolari TV in Italy scheduled at 10 pm italian time. Live score text coverage on www.pro12rugby.com