The log-leading, undefeated Stormers are in Northern Italy where they will come face to face with a confident Zebre Parma side in the URC on Saturday evening.
Zebre suffered their first defeat of the new campaign when they were beaten 0-24 by the Ospreys last weekend, but the Italians have won their last two home games in the URC and will be aiming for three in a row in Parma, a feat they last achieved in September 2018.
The Stormers’ only defeat in their last eight United Rugby Championship matches was in last season’s quarter-final against the Glasgow Warriors and the table-topping team from Cape Town will not only be keen to stay on the winning path but also keep their unbeaten record against Zebre intact.
In fact, the Stormers have recorded bonus-point victories in each of their four matches to date against Zebre.
LIVE SCORING | URC: Stormers v Zebre Parma
Zebre Parma v Stormers
Date: Saturday, 18 October
Venue: Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma
SA Time: 20h45
Referee: Andrew Brace
TV: SuperSport
Teams
Zebre: 15 Giovanni Montemauri, 14 Mirko Belloni, 13 Giulio Bertaccini, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Thomas Dominguez, 8 Giovanni Licata (captain), 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Davide Ruggeri, 5 Leonard Krumov, 4 Guido Volpi, 3 Ion Neculai,2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Muhamed Hasa
Replacements: 16 Giovanni Quattrini, 17 Juan Pitinari, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Franco Carrera, 20 David Odiase, 21 Migael Prinsloo, 22 Marco Zanon, 23 Lorenzo Pani
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Ruhan Nel (captain), 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Imad Khan, 23 Wandisile Simelane.
