Match Report

  • Zebre Rugby 26 Cardiff Blues 15

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    Danny Wilson’s men had recorded a victory when the two sides met on the opening day of the league season in the Welsh capital. But this was always likely to be a more difficult affair with Zebre welcoming back a host of internationals after the Rugby World Cup. And so it proved. Adam Thomas grabbed […]

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Match Stats

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Match stats

Summary

Stat. Home team logo Zebre Parma Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Tries Kayle van Zyl (3)
Dries van Schalkwyk (15), (75)
Johan Meyer (28)
Adam Thomas (7)
Tom James (57)
Conversions Carlo Canna (16), (29), (76) Rhys Patchell (58)
Penalties Rhys Patchell (33)

Match Stats

Stat. Home team logo Zebre Parma Away team logo Cardiff Rugby
Posession First Half 0% 0%
Posession Second Half 0% 0%
Territory First Half 0% 0%
Territory Second Half 0% 0%
Tries 4 2
Conversions 3 1
Yellow Cards 1 0

Player Stats

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Match Line-up

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Line-up
  Home Team Logo Zebre Parma Away Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
1 Andrea Lovotti Sam Hobbs
2 Andrea Manici Matthew Rees
3 Dario Chistolini Taufa'ao Filise
4 Quintin Geldenhuys Lou Reed
5 George Fabio Biagi James Down
6 Jean Cook Josh Turnbull
7 Johan Meyer Ellis Jenkins
8 Dries van Schalkwyk Josh Navidi
9 Luke Burgess Tavis Knoyle
10 Carlo Canna Rhys Patchell
11 Leonardo Sarto Tom James
12 Matteo Pratichetti Adam Thomas
13 Giulio Bisegni Tom Isaacs
14 Kayle van Zyl Blaine Scully
15 Dion Berryman Dan Fish

Replacements

  Home Team Logo Zebre Parma Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
16 Oliviero Fabiani Ethan Lewis
17 Andrea de Marchi Thomas Davies
18 Pietro Ceccarelli Craig Mitchell
19 Valerio Bernabo Macauley Cook
20 Jacopo Sarto Manoa Vosawai
21 Marcello Violi Lloyd Williams
22 Guglielmo Palazzani Gareth Davies
23 Edoardo Padovani Garyn Smith

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  • Centurion Navidi leads Cardiff Blues in Italy

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    Navidi – who made his debut for Cardiff Blues back in October 2009 – will become a centurion when he leads the team out at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma. Head Coach Danny Wilson makes a total of four changes from the starting line-up that claimed a deserved bonus point in Ulster last time out. […]

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Team Stats

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Team stats

The season so far

P: Played . W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against Diff: Difference BP: Bonus Points Pts: Points (Total)

No.   Team Name P W D L F A Diff BP Pts
7 Team Logo Cardiff Rugby 22 11 0 11 542 461 81 56
11 Team Logo Zebre Parma 22 5 0 17 308 718 -410 24

Form Guide

Zebre Parma Played Score Win/Loss
Cardiff Rugby Home 26-15 Win
Edinburgh Rugby Home 19-11 Win
Connacht Rugby Away 34-15 Loss
Scarlets Home 8-20 Loss
Cardiff Rugby Played Score Win/Loss
Zebre Parma Away 26-15 Loss
Ulster Rugby Away 24-17 Loss
Munster Rugby Away 35-27 Loss
Connacht Rugby Away 36-31 Loss

Past Meetings

Sun 6th Sep 2015
KO 14:30 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

61

V

13

Zebre Parma

Sat 16th May 2015
KO 15:00 BST

Cardiff Arms Park

Europe/London

PRO12

Cardiff Rugby

29

V

5

Zebre Parma

Sun 7th Sep 2014
KO 17:00 CEST

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi

Europe/Rome

PRO12

Zebre Parma

26

V

41

Cardiff Rugby

Head-to-head

  Home Team Logo Zebre Parma Home Team Logo Cardiff Rugby
Played 7 7
Wins 2 5
Wins at home 1 3
Wins away 1 2
Draws 0 0

From data since 2003