Compared to the last official game three weeks ago, the technical staff can retrieve 9 italian internationals players to take part in the match against the Red Army. This second leg of the encounter comes two weeks after the clash between the two respective national side played in Dublin. In addition, four players recovered from their respective injuries and will be on the team list: forwards Cook and Postiglioni and backs Boni and Pratichetti.
In addition to the long list of 14 injured, three players remained in Parma after the high playing time of the last phase of the season: the two internationals Lovotti and Garcia and lock Bortolami, captain of the XV of the North-West in the last seven competitive matches between EPCR Challenge Cup and Guinness PRO12.
The two sides have met in January with the contest in the balance up to 80 minutes with the Irish winning 16-12 in Parma thanks to a late Keatley kick at Stadio Lanfranchi.
Here's Zebre line-up for Friday March 24th match at Thomond Park in Limerick (Ireland) for the 18th round of the Guinness PRO12 against Munster. Kick off at 7.00 pm local time :
15 Kayle Van Zyl
14 Leonardo Sarto*
13 Giulio Bisegni
12 Tommaso Boni*
11 Giulio Toniolatti
10 Kelly Haimona
9 Guglielmo Palazzani
8 Johan Meyer
7 Federico Ruzza*
6 Jean Cook
5 Valerio Bernabò
4 Quintin Geldenhuys (cap)
3 Dario Chistolini
2 Oliviero Fabiani
1 Guillermo Roan
Replacements :
16 Bruno Postiglioni
17 Andrea De Marchi
18 Pietro Ceccarelli
19 Gideon Koegelenberg
20 Emiliano Caffini*
21 Luke Burgess
22 Ulrich Beyers
23 Matteo Pratichetti
Coach. Gianluca Guidi
*Former member of the Italian Rugby Union academy "Ivan Francescato" of Tirrenia.
Not available for selection due to injury: Dion Berryman, George Biagi, Carlo Canna, Emiliano Coria, Filippo Cristiano, Tommaso D'Apice*, Paul Derbyshire, Andrea Manici*, Mils Muliaina, Edoardo Padovani*, Jacopo Sarto, Andries Van Schalkwyk, Marcello Violi*, Michele Visentin*
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Irish Rugby Football Union)
Assistant Referees: David Wilkinson e Helen O'Reilly (both Irish Rugby Football Union)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Irish Rugby Football Union)
Live text coverage of the game on www.pro12rugby.com
Guinness PRO12 Zebre News
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