All you need to know: Connacht v Zebre

This Saturday Connacht take on Zebre in Round 14 of the regular season in the BKT United Rugby Championship at Dexcom Stadium

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's game.

When’s the game?

Kick-off is 19:35 at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday 20th April.

What’s the state of play?

Connacht come into the game after defeat in Treviso on Sunday to Benetton in the Challenge Cup. Currenlty sitting in 10th place, Pete Wilkins side are still in the fight for a top eight finish and reaching the play-offs.

Zebre are winless since January and sit bottom of the league with one win and one draw this season in the URC.

How will the two teams line up?

The Connacht management team will announce their squad on Friday at midday when it will be named on connachtrugby.ie and the Connacht Rugby social channels.

Officials:

REF - Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU)

AR - Peter Martin (IRFU)

AR - Tomas O'Sullivan (IRFU)

TMO - Colin Brett (SRU)

Recent meetings against Zebre in the URC:

2022/23 - ZEB 34-57 CON

2021/22 - CON 22-20 ZEB

2020/21 - ZEB 12-47 CON

Connacht top try scorers 2023/24:

8 - Caolin Blade

7 - Cian Prendergast

5 - Diarmuid Kilgallen

4 - Bundee Aki

3 - Shamus Hurley-Langton and Shayne Bolton

2 - Cathal Forde, Dave Heffernan, Jack Aungier, JJ Hanrahan, Joe Joyce, Sean Jansen, and Tadgh McElroy

1 - Andrew Smith, Conor Oliver, David Hawkshaw, Dylan Tierney-Martin, Eoin de Buitlear, Niall Murray, Paul Boyle, Peter Dooley, Sean O'Brien, Tiernan O'Halloran and Tom Farrell

How do I get tickets?

Tickets available HERE

What channel is it on?

TV viewing on TG4.

Media:

Matthew Devine and Shane Jennings

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