Zebre Rugby Team Announcement for the last game of the season

The 28th and final game of the 2014/15 season will see the white & black boys involved tomorrow, Saturday May 16, in Cardiff against the Blues in the last round of the regular season of the Guinness PRO12. There is no TV coverage for the Arms Park encounter; a stadium that marked the history of the Parma based franchise, the location of the first historic PRO12 victory for Bortolami and his team mates back in September 2013 in the second official match held on the new synthetic pitch in the stadium placed in the heart of the Welsh capital.

The last round will see all six challenges to be played simultaneously with the XV of the Italian Northwest still competing to define the final table placeing needed to participate in one of the two European cup competitions organized by EPCR. In the five previous meetings against the Welsh side - directed by coaches due John & McIntosh - the Blues lead with three wins against two Italian ones. Zebre Rugby defeated Warburton and companions twice last season.

In the first leg of the encounter, in the first round of the Guinness PRO12, it was the Welsh side which took the win 26-41 last September; the Blues have nothing to achieve from the table standings already being sure of tenth place but all the players involved in the game will want to shine in view of Italy and Wales team announcements for the 2015 World Cup to be held in England in September and October.

It will be a special game for many players who will wear their respective jerseys for the last time such as prop Adam Jones or scrum half Brendon Leonard; while Mauro Bergamasco will face his last club career game after 18 rugby seasons.

Here's Zebre line-up for Saturday May 16 match at the Arms Park in Cardiff (Wales) for the 22nd and last round of the Guinness PRO12 against the Cardiff Blues. Kick off at 3.00 pm local time :

15 Dion Berryman
14 Giulio Toniolatti
13 Mirco Bergamasco
12 Gonzalo Garcia
11 David Odiete*
10 Luciano Orquera
9 Brendon Leonard

8 Samuela Vunisa
7 Andries Van Schalkwyk
6 Mauro Bergamasco
5 Marco Bortolami (cap)
4 Quintin Geldenhuys
3 Dario Chistolini
2 Oliviero Fabiani
1 Andrea De Marchi

Replacements:
16 Tommaso D'Apice*
17 Andrea Lovotti*
18 Luca Redolfini
19 Valerio Bernabò
20 Filippo Ferrarini*
21 Guglielmo Palazzani
22 Tommaso Iannone*
23 Filippo Cristiano

Coach. Victor Jimenez

Not available for selection due to injury: Matias Aguero, George Biagi, Giulio Bisegni, Alberto Chillon*, Hendrik Daniller, Kelly Haimona, Andrea Manici*, Edoardo Padovani*, Matteo Pratichetti, Leonardo Sarto*, Giovanbattista Venditti*

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

Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU, 12nd competition game)
Assistant Referees: Neil Hennessy and Sean Brickell (both WRU)

No tv coverage for the game. Live text coverage on www.pro12rugby.com