Full-time
Full time, 31-28.
Zebre snatch it at the death.
Full time, 31-28.
Zebre snatch it at the death.
It’s off the right upright and over.
Zebre lead 31-28.
Zebre win the scrum pen and will take a shot at the sticks.
Healy is so unlucky there.
He kicks long and it drifts out on the full when it looked like a 50:22.
We sack the resulting lineout maul and have the scrum open half-way.
It’s a big lineout drive, and a huge score!
Paddy Harrison touches down after the big men went to work!
Healy converts, 28-28!
Huge turnover penalty in the Zebre 22.
We kick to the corner!
Vellacott and Ashman make way.
Healy launches a spiral bomb. Urgency needed here with less than 10 to go.
The hosts had ball in our territory but its spilled in contact.
A scrum and a chance to get back into the game.
The host clear their lines.
We whip it wide but Vellacott’s eventual nudge over the top drifts into touch on the full.
We knock on at the Zebre try line. Messy stuff.
Pitinari is sent to the bin for a cynical infringement on the chalk.
We run out of steam but Zebre don’t roll and so we’ll kick to the corner again.
Crosbie has taken a knock and time is off.
We build the phases and will have a lineout inside the Zebre 22.
Big scrum, big pen!
Healy kicks into the Zebre 22.
Zebre spill in contact 5m out.
Healy clears our lines. We then have the scrum put-in as the hosts knock on from the lineout.
We take a man out off the ball.
Zebre find touch in our territory.
We’re moving it well.
We try to move it down the blind but Paterson is into touch.
Gilchrist, Brown, Hill and McConnell off.
Skinner, Van de Merwe, Rae and Watson on!
It’s a seven point game.
28-21
Back to basis!
We carry hard, have quick ball and Vellacott snipes over!
We nudge one into the Zebre corner!
Zebre throw it forward.
We’ll have a scrum on half-way.
Jimmy Whitcombe make way up front.
Scrum-half Fusco spots a gap and dives over.
Conversion is successful, 28-14.
We concede a penalty for obstruction when on the attack.
Zebre go quick and hit a long touchline finder with a lineout around 5m out.
Zebre are too big with their touch finder.
We’re back underway in Parma, winning back possession from the restart.
We keep Zebre out. It’s 21-14 at the break.
A silly penalty gives Zebre the chance to kick into our 22.
Lineout isnt straight on half-way.
Zebre break wide but knock on.
Scrum coming up.
Gesi runs in a breakaway score as the hosts score straight from a lineout strike.
The try is converted, 21-14.
That’s a good nudge from the 9 who brings us up to half-way.
Great defence.
We keep Zebre out and the hosts eventually throw a forward pass at the line.
Scrum in our 22, around eight minutes to go until HT.
We’re pinged as McConnell miss offside in lineout D.
Zebre go quick and knock on. Scrum in our territory.
We’re offside from a long kick into the Zebre half.
The hosts nudge one into our territory but Gilchrist does brilliantly to steal at the breakdown.
Licata’s yellow is upgraded to a 20-minute red after his dangerous hit on Ashman.
What a brilliant score!
Goosen shimmies and breaks through a gap to find the trailing Vellacott.
The scrum-half then pops it to the trailing Bradbury who finishes well in the corner!
Healy converts from out wide!
That’s a brilliant turnover from Liam!
Vellacott goes quick to find Healy who launches an almighty kick into the Zebre half for the 50:22!
Liam McConnell powers over!
That’s the academy graduates first try for the club!
Healy converts, 14-7!
Dangerous and high tackle, making contact to the head. Zebre Licata is sent to the bin, with the decision under bunker review.
We kick to the corner…
Zebre are penalised for a high shot on Ewan Ashman with the hooker running hard off the tail of the lineout.
We have the penalty, but more to come here?
The hosts grab another try as Pitinari drives over from short range.
The conversion is successful. 14-0
We keep the pressure on with a series of clever and well placed kicks into the Zebre 22.
Ben Healy attempts to hit a monster drop goal after Zebre go long with a goal line drop out. It falls just wide.
We break into the Zebre 22 through Paul Hill but the ball is eventually knocked on.
Liam McConnell then wins the ball back in our half with a brilliant turnover!
The hosts strike first.
After a strong lineout drive, Zebre hooker Bartolomeo drives over.
The conversion is successful. 7-0.
Zebre win an early breakdown penalty.
After kicking into our territory, we manage to win the ball, however Zebre are quick to the ruck.
The hosts kick to the corner.
We’re underway in Parma!
Kick-off 3:05 pm