Zebre team to face the Dragons

Posted on Aug 29, 2012 in Newport Gwent Dragons, RaboDirect Pro12

Zebre technical director Gajan has named the team that will face Dragons in the opening game of 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 in Newport.

Parma (Italy) – Zebre team to face the Dragons at the Rodney Parade in the first round of the RaboDirect PRO12 on Friday 31st August (kick-off 7pm local time ) has been named. First start in the competition for Italian winger Pace, flanker Cristiano, lock Caffini, irish prop Ryan and south-african number 8 Van Schalkwyk.

Here’s the starting line-up of Zebre :

15 Sinoti SINOTI (FP)

14 Giovanbattista VENDITTI*

13 Roberto QUARTAROLI*

12 Gonzalo GARCIA (c)

11 Samuele PACE

10 Luciano ORQUERA

9 Tito TEBALDI

8 Filippo CRISTIANO

7 Andries VAN SCHALKWYK (FP)

6 Nicola CATTINA

5 Emiliano CAFFINI*

4 Quintin GELDENHUYS

3 David RYAN (FP)

2 Carlo FESTUCCIA

1 Salvatore PERUGINI

Replacements:

16 Davide GIAZZON

17 Andrea DE MARCHI

18 Luciano LEIBSON

19 Filippo CAZZOLA*

20 Filippo FERRARINI*

21 Alberto CHILLON*

22 Alberto CHIESA*

23 Ruggero TREVISAN*

Not considered due to injury : Mauro BERGAMASCO, Marco BORTOLAMI, Matteo PRATICHETTI, Josh SOLE, Michael VAN VUREN.

*Former member of the Italian Rugby Union (FIR) academy “Ivan Francescato” of Tirrenia