Full-time in Hive Stadium!
Five points and job done!
Five points and job done!
Big Javan Sebastian powers over with the last play of the game!
Cammy Scott slots home and it’s 40-14!
Well deserved for the hooker!
BLINK AND YOU MISS IT!
That’s pure lighting from Ben Vellacott who breaks through the Zebre line for a wonderful solo score!
Cammy Scott converts and its 33-14.
Ben Healy is off and is replaced Cammy Scott at 10!
The big men do their thing to win the penalty!
Duhan knocks on in our territory and Zebre will have a scrum.
Goose does well to get up for a high ball but it’s knocked on in contact.
Zebre scrum on half-way.
What a break!
The scrum-half shimmer and carries us 40m however its attempted offload is knocked on by the supporting runner Chris Dean.
Hive Stadium on its feet!
That’s good D from the backline who drift well and force a knock on in our 22.
YES DEANO!
THAT’S TRY NUMBER FOUR AND THE BP SCORE!
After Healy breaks down the blindside the ball finds it way back inside to Chris Dean who touches down!
Ben Healy converts from the touchline and it’s 26-14!
Vellacott has injected a bit of pace and we are carrying hard in midfield.
We win a penalty on half-way and Healy will send another long into Italians’ 22.
After Duhan VDM knocks on going down the wing, Zebre winch penalty from a resulting scrum.
They then win another penalty from the resulting lineout half-way.
Ben Vellacott and Chris Dean on Ali Price and Mark Bennett.
Zebre knock on from the kick off and we’ll have the chance to attack from good scrum position.
Winger Jacopo Trulla finishes in the corner after sustained pressure from the visitors.
Giovanni Montemauri converts and it’s 19-14.
On come Boan Venter, Marshall Sykes, Javan Sebastian and Dave Cherry.
Off come Pierre Schoeman, Sam Skinner, WP Nel and Ewan Ashman.
We build the phases with Schoeman taking three short balls in quick succession.
We evenutally knock on however and Zebre will have a scrum in their 22.
A big scrum penalty on the Lothian Stand side gives Healy the chance to angle one deep into the Zebre 22.
We win a breakdown penalty and advance the ball to half-way.
We knock at the lineout however and Zebre will have a scrum.
Plenty of resets here, the big men eyeing each other up and not a lot of clean ball coming form the scrum…
That’s a cracking break from Jamie Ritchie who straightens and brings us deep into the Zebre half.
Ben Healy then shows calmness with a clever grubber that pins the Italian deep.
We’re back in action at Hive Stadium!
We hold a 19-7 lead at the break!
We nudge the resulting penalty to half-way.
The big man powers over to stretch our lead at Hive Stadium!
With Healy converting its’ 19-7!
The big men have gone to work under the sticks and look to have powered over… just.
The referee is checking for clear grounding.
What a short ball from Bill Mata!
The number 8 powers over the gainline before Zebre are penalised at the resulting breakdown.
We kick to the corner again…
Zebre knock on from a high ball and we’ll have a scrum in our territory.
The lineout and driving maul does its job again!
Ashman holds on and powers over to give us the lead once again at Hive Stadium!
Ben Healy spits the uprights and it’s 12-7!
We make a break down the Main Stand touchline through Goosen before Ali Price does brilliantly to keep the ball in with a quick pass inside.
Zebre are eventually penalised and we’ll kick to the corner again!
The winger breaks and then some to bring us into the red zone.
A few carries later the hosts are pinged and we’ll nudge one into the corner!
Well, he’s given it…
Geronimo Prisciantelli races in from 30m out and scrum-half Thomas Dominguez converts to make it 5-7 at Hive Stadium.
Zebre think they are in for a score but looks like very obvious obstruction in the build up to the try.
Zebre go long with a box kick and we’ll have a lineout on half-way.
What a take from Jamie Ritchie who brings down a high ball to put us over the half-way. He’s been impressive so far!
THE DRIVING MAUL POWERS OVER!
Ewan Ashman is the man who guides the ball over for our opening try of the night!
Healy’s conversion is unsuccessful and it’s 5-0 at Hive Stadium!
Zebre are forced into a clearance from their 22 and we set up a lineout in promising position.
A strong lineout drive brings us closer to the visitors’ try line, they are penalised and we kick to the corner!
We swap possession with the Italians with an attempted cross-field kick to Bill Mata just coming up short.
Another cross-field kick then falls into the hands of Wes Goosen who nearly gets an offload to Mark Bennett for the opening score of the game!
Classic Hamish Watson.
The British & Irish Lion gets over the ball and wins the turnover penalty in our 22.
The visitors have the ball in our 22 and continue to push with a series of short ball in midfield.
The boys are up for it, brining plenty of physicality at the breakdown.
We’re pinged however for not releasing and Zebre advance it into our half.
Its a beautiful night and a loud crowd at Hive Stadium.
Both side swap punches with the ball on midfield.
We’re underway at Hive Stadium!
Hello and welcome to the Galbraith Match Centre for tonight’s URC Round 16 clash with Zebre Parma!
Stay here for whistle to whistle updates from kick-off!
Kick-off 7:35 pm