With just two rounds left to go it is all to play for in the United Rugby Championship with top spot and all four home quarter-finals still up for grabs.
Only four points separate the DHL Stormers in second position and the Vodacom Bulls in eighth place as the URC is set up for one of the most dramatic regular season finishes in league history.
This weekend, Vodacom Bulls welcome Glasgow Warriors as both sides look to secure a win in the battle for top eight seedings.
Cardiff Rugby will travel to Musgrave Park to face Munster. Benetton and Connacht are looking to bounce back with wins as the Italian side face Emirates Lions and Cell C Sharks welcome the Irish side to Durban.
League leaders Leinster face second place DHL Stormers who will look to deny their opponents of victory in South Africa.
Welsh Shield leaders Scarlets will travel to Ospreys while Zebre Parma host Dragons.
Ulster are looking to bounce back from defeat last week against Munster as they make the trip to Edinburgh.
SAT – Zebre vs Dragons - Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma, 3.05pm UK
Live on: S4C, Premier Sports & URC TV.
Officials:
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU, 21st competition game); Assistant: Riccardo Angelucci, Dario Merli (both FIR); TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)
Overall URC head-to-head record:
Played 16, Zebre won 6, Dragons won 9, with 1 match drawn.
Did you know?
- Zebre have not been victorious in the United Rugby Championship since beating today’s opponents Dragons in Parma in February 2021, although they did achieve two bonus points in their narrow defeat to Edinburgh on Friday. The only other occasion in which Zebre have tallied two bonus points in a United Rugby Championship match was when they entertained Ulster in November 2012, losing 25-27.
- Dragons only victory in any competition since early October was 38-27 at Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship on 16 April.
- Dragons have not won successive away games in the Championship since December 2020.
- Dragons have lost on their last two visits to Italy in all competitions since beating Benetton in Treviso in the United Rugby Championship in November 2020.
- The last dozen meetings between the two sides have been evenly split with six wins apiece.
- Zebre have won five of their last six meetings with the Dragons in Italy
