5 years ago 
CONNACHT RUGBY v ZEBRE RUGBY
Friday 3 March
At the Sportsground, 7.35pm
Live on TG4
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Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR, 64th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Rhys Thomas (WRU), Ken Imbusch (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: John Cole (IRFU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)
Did you know?
- Connacht Rugby have won their last three matches since their 10-19 reversal in Toulouse in round 6 of the European Champions Cup.
- Connacht’s only loss in their last nine matches at the Sportsground in all tournaments was to Munster in the Guinness PRO12 on 31 December.
- Zebre have not won since beating Edinburgh at BT Murrayfield in the PRO12 at the end of October.
- The Italians’ only previous victory over an Irish province was when they beat Ulster in Parma in September 2014.
- The two sides have met on 14 previous occasions in all tournaments (not including the abandoned the Guinness PRO12 round 3 game), with Connacht winning them all.
- The only Italian side to have beaten Connacht in Galway was Treviso in December 2011.
Overall Guinness PRO12 head to head record:
Played 8, Connacht won 8.
| HEAD TO HEAD – RECENT GUINNESS PRO12 MEETINGS | |||||
| Date | Venue | C | Z | Connacht scorers | Zebre scorers |
| Sat 7 Sep 13 | Sportsground | 25 | 16 | Matt Healy(T) Fionn Carr(T) Dan Parks(2C/2P) Nathan White(T) | Andrea Manici(T) Luciano Orquera(C/3P) |
| Sun 23 Feb 14 | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 27 | 19 | Eoin Griffin(T) Kieran Marmion(T) Dan Parks(2C/P) Rodney Ah You(T) Penalty Try(T) | Alberto Chillon(C) Giovanbattista Venditti(T) Troy Nathan(C) Samuela Vunisa(T) Dries van Schalkwyk(T) |
| Fri 21 Nov 14 | Sportsground | 43 | 3 | Ian Porter(C/4P) Danie Poolman(T) John Cooney(T) Jack Carty(T/C) Mick Kearney(T) Miah Nikora(C) Penalty Try(T) | David Odiete(P) |
| Sat 9 May 15 | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 40 | 10 | Matt Healy(T) Tiernan O’Halloran(T) John Cooney(2T) Jack Carty(3C) Eoghan Masterson(T) Shane O’Leary(T) Conor McKeon(2C) | Brendon Leonard(T) Luciano Orquera(C/P) |
| Fri 16 Oct 15 | Sportsground | 34 | 15 | Matt Healy(T) Eoin McKeon(T) Denis Buckley(T) Kieran Marmion(T) Craig Ronaldson(T/3C/P) | Edoardo Padovani(C/P) Johan Meyer(T) Dion Berryman(T) |
| Sat 20 Feb 16 | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 51 | 34 | Matt Healy(3T) Aj MacGinty(3C/2P) Kieran Marmion(T) Niyi Adeolokun(2T) Craig Ronaldson(3C/P) | Kelly Haimona(T/4C/2P) Johan Meyer(T) Federico Ruzza(T) Dries van Schalkwyk(T) |
| COMPARISON | Connacht | Zebre |
| Last 3 PRO12 results: | 12 Feb – Cardiff Blues (A) W 19-13 | 10 Feb – Ospreys (H) L 10-40 |
| 18 Feb – Dragons (H) W 14-9 | 17 Feb – Scarlets (A) L 7-42 | |
| 26 Feb – Treviso (A) W 34-19 | 26 Feb – Ulster (H) L 17-40 | |
| PRO12 2016/17 | 8th – W7 D0 L8 – 34pts | 12th – W1 D0 L13 – 9pts |
| Last 6 PRO12 form | lLlwWw (14pts) | lLlLlL (1pts) |
| Top try scorer | 4 – Niyi Adeolokun | 4 – Dries van Schalkwyk, Giovanbattista Venditti |
| Top points scorer | 70 – Jack Carty | 66 – Carlo Canna |
