The United Rugby Championship Round 8 Christmas Eve darby between Zebre Parma & Benetton Rugby teams have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.
Zebre Parma coach Michael Bradley has made five changes to the squad selected from their Challenge Cup encounter with Toulon.
Skipper Michele Lamaro has been named in the back row for Benetton.
FRIDAY, 24TH DECEMBER
Zebre Parma v Benetton Rugby
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma – KO 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA / 15.00 SA
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 18th league game)
AR 1: Federico Vedovelli (FIR) AR 2: Dario Merli (FIR)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)
Live on: Mediaset, Premier Sports 1 & URC TV.
Zebre Parma: Jacopo Trulla, Pierre Bruno, Giulio Bisegni (CAPT), Tommaso Boni, Asaeli Tuivuaka, Carlo Canna, Guglielmo Palazzani, Danilo Fischetti, Oliviero Fabiani, Eduardo Bello, David Sisi, Andrea Zambonin, Liam Mitchell, Maxime Mbandà, Giovanni Licata
Replacements: Giampietro Ribaldi, Andrea Lovotti, Ion Neculai, Leonard Krumov, Iacopo Bianchi, Marcello Violi, Timothy Paul O’Malley, Junior Laloifi.
Benetton Rugby: Edoardo Padovani, Luca Sperandio, Ignacio Brex, Tommaso Menoncello, Monty Ioane, Rhyno Smith, Callum Braley, Thomas Gallo, Gianmarco Lucchesi, Ivan Nemer, Niccolò Cannone, Federico Ruzza, Giovanni Pettinelli, Michele Lamaro (CAPT), Toa Halafihi
Replacements: Hame Faiva, Cherif Traore, Tiziano Pasquali, Carl Wegner, Sebastian Negri, Alessandro Garbisi, Leonardo Marin, Joaquin Riera
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