United Rugby Championship 2021 – Round 1: Zebre vs Sigma Lions – Live Game Article

Published 24 September 2021 | By grootblousmile

Zebre (0) 26 / 38 (35) Lions (Final Score)

Zebre and the Sigma Lions did battle in Round 1 of the United Rugby Championship 2021 at

Lanfranchi Stadium, Parma, Italy, on 24 September 2021 at 18:35 SA Time (18:35 Italy Time, 17:35 UK Time, 16:35 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport Rugby & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Zebre:

Penalties – 0
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Carlo Canna (1), Penalty Try (1), Tommaso Boni (1), Oliviero Fabiani (1)
Conversions – Carlo Canna (2)

Lions:

Penalties – Jordan Hendrikse (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Jamba Ulengo (1), Burger Odendaal (1), Rabs Maxwane (2), Jaco Visagie (1)
Conversions – Jordan Hendrikse (5)

Teams:

Zebre	Sigma Lions
24 September 2021 at 18:35 SA Time
Team: 15 Junior Laloifi, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Giulio Bisegni (Captain), 12 Tommaso Boni, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Renato Giammarioli, 7 Iacopo Bianchi, 6 Maxime Mbandà, 5 Leonard Krumov, 4 David Sisi, 3 Matteo Nocera, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Danilo Fischetti Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea Lovotti, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Andrea Zambonin, 20 Giovanni Licata, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Jacopo Trulla	Team: 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal (Captain), 11 Rabz Maxwane, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 André Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouché, 23 Divan Rossouw

Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Riccardo Angelucci (Italy), Federico Boraso (Italy)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

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grootblousmile on 24 September 2021 at 8:27 pm

So, a 12-point Bonus Point win by the Lions… but Zebre also gets 1 Bonus Point for 4 tries…
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grootblousmile on 24 September 2021 at 8:28 pm

Not good enough Lions, after an excellent 1st half by the Lions!!
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grootblousmile on 24 September 2021 at 8:32 pm

Tomorrow we have the 2 Rugby Championship Tests, 1st one All Blacks vs Springboks at 09:05 SA Time, then Wallabies vs Los Pumas at 12:05 SA Time.

Thereafter 3 SA matches in the United Rugby Championship…

Benetton Treviso vs DHL Stormers at 14:00 SA Time
Leinster vs Vodacom Bulls at 18:05 SA Time
Munster vs Cell C Sharks at 20:35 SA Time
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grootblousmile on 24 September 2021 at 8:35 pm

See you tomorrow!!