6 days ago United Rugby Championship Cardiff snatch Zebre scalp on road after yellow-card-laden affair
Dafydd Hughes’ first-half hat-trick of tries lifted Cardiff to a 29-14 victory over Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.
Zebre face off against Cardiff Rugby in United Rugby Championship Round 6 on Sat 29th November 2025 at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 13:00 and is broadcast on Premier Sports. In South Africa it’s at 15:00 SAST on SuperSport, 02:00 NZST on URC TV in New Zealand, 00:00 AEST on URC TV in Australia and 05:00 EST on Flo Rugby in the US.
Cardiff Rugby won the last encounter but Cardiff Rugby are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 9 places in the league table with Cardiff Rugby in 2nd and Zebre in 11th as such Cardiff Rugby are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Zebre vs Cardiff Rugby will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sign up for freeDafydd Hughes’ first-half hat-trick of tries lifted Cardiff to a 29-14 victory over Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.
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Harri Wilde converts the try.
Cardiff Rugby are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Taine Basham picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Marco Zanon (Zebre Parma) is shown a yellow card
Martin Roger has kicked a conversion.
Marco Zanon scores the try from close range.
Taine Basham (Cardiff Rugby) is shown a yellow card
Ioan Lloyd makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Davide Ruggeri (Zebre Parma) is shown a yellow card
Ioan Lloyd adds the two points for Cardiff Rugby.
The Cardiff Rugby maul pushes over the tryline as Dafydd Hughes scores.
Martin Roger does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
It's going to take a miracle to stop this Zebre Parma maul...no miracles today as Giovanni Licata powers over.
Ioan Lloyd converts the try.
Great forward play by Cardiff Rugby allows Dafydd Hughes to score the try.
Giovanni Licata (Zebre Parma) is shown a yellow card
Nobody could stop that maul! Dafydd Hughes places the ball down for the try.