Zebre

15 - 31

Full Time

Connacht

Connacht vs Zebre

Events

Commentary

Live Updates

It's all over! The referee Ben Whitehouse has blown their whistle to end the game.

91'

Conversion

Sam Gilbert makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

91'

Try

It's going to take a miracle to stop this Connacht Rugby maul...no miracles today as Oisin McCormack powers over.

90'

Yellow Card

Marco Zanon (Zebre Parma) is shown a yellow card

88'

Penalty Goal

Sam Gilbert kicks the penalty.

77'

Conversion

Martin Roger has kicked a conversion.

73'

Try

Bautista Stavile scores the try from close range.

73'

Iacopo Bianchi played a key part in that try.

72'

Yellow Card

Chay Mullins (Connacht Rugby) is shown a yellow card

71'

Connacht Rugby decide to make a substitution, with Ben Murphy getting some game time.

70'

Connacht Rugby decide to make a substitution, with Caolin Blade being replaced.

70'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Shilo Klein coming on.

69'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Giampietro Ribaldi coming off.

69'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Franco Carrera coming on.

69'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Gonzalo Garcia coming off.

69'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Matt Victory coming on.

69'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Dylan Tierney-Martin coming off.

69'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Niall Murray coming on.

67'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Joe Joyce coming off.

67'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Sean Naughton coming on.

66'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Josh Ioane coming off.

66'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Luca Franceschetto coming on.

66'

Zebre Parma make a substitution with Paolo Buonfiglio coming off.

66'

Zebre Parma sub Thomas Dominguez comes onto the field.

62'

Giacomo Ferrari departs for Zebre Parma.

62'

Conversion

The Connacht Rugby supporters go wild as Sam Gilbert successfully kicks the conversion.

61'

Try

The Connacht Rugby pack has powered over for Sean Jansen to score the try.

60'

Yellow Card

Gonzalo Garcia (Zebre Parma) is shown a yellow card

59'

Enrico Lucchin comes on for Zebre Parma.

58'

Giovanni Montemauri leaves the field.

58'

Alessandro Ortombina comes on for Zebre Parma.

58'

Matteo Canali leaves the field.

58'

Oisin McCormack comes on for Connacht Rugby.

57'

Sean O'Brien leaves the field.

57'

David O'Connor comes on for Connacht Rugby.

57'

Josh Murphy leaves the field.

57'

Martin Roger has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.

56'

Try

Nothing was going to stop Gonzalo Garcia from scoring as they record the try for Zebre Parma.

55'

Fiachna Barrett comes on.

50'

Jack Aungier comes off.

50'

Bautista Stavile comes on.

50'

Davide Ruggeri comes off.

50'

Peter Dooley comes on.

50'

Jordan Duggan comes off.

50'

Conversion

The touch judges raise their flags as Sam Gilbert kicks the conversion.

50'

Try

The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Sean Jansen dots the ball down from close range.

49'

Caolin Blade sets up the try.

49'

Zebre Parma decide to make a substitution, with Juan Pitinari getting some game time.

46'

Zebre Parma decide to make a substitution, with Enrique Pieretto being replaced.

46'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Paul Boyle coming on.

41'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Oisin McCormack coming off.

41'

Conversion

Sam Gilbert adds the two points for Connacht Rugby.

41'

Try

The pick and go results in a try for Connacht Rugby as Joe Joyce goes over.

40'

Fabulous play by Connacht Rugby has led to Joe Joyce being able to wriggle through a gap.

40'

Caolin Blade played a key part in that try.

40'

Fabulous play by Connacht Rugby has led to Cathal Forde being able to wriggle through a gap.

40'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Oisin McCormack coming on.

40'

Connacht Rugby make a substitution with Paul Boyle coming off.

40'

The second half kicks off.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

40'

Trouble here as Simone Gesi breaches the defence.

33'

Trouble here as Caolin Blade breaches the defence.

29'

Penalty Goal

The touch judges raise their flags as Martin Roger kicks the penalty goal.

25'

This is dangerous for the defence as Giovanni Montemauri bursts through to advance the Zebre Parma attack.

23'

A gap opened in the defence and Giacomo Ferrari took full advantage.

15'

A gap opened in the defence and Mirko Belloni took full advantage.

The defensive line has been broken as Gonzalo Garcia goes through the gap.

We are underway as the referee Ben Whitehouse blows their whistle.

Match Details

  
 Zebre v Connacht 
  
 Round 11 
  
 Sat 31st January 2026, 07:00am PST 
  
 Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 
  
 Flo Rugby 
  
 Ben Whitehouse

Points Flow Chart

Connacht win +16

Time in lead

Mins in lead

18%

% Of Game In Lead

53%

10%

Possession Last 10 min

90%

Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time

Gilbert

91'

15 - 31

McCormack

90'

15 - 29

Zanon

15 - 24

88'

Gilbert

77'

15 - 24

Roger

15 - 21

73'

Stavile

13 - 21

73'

Mullins

71'

8 - 21

Gilbert

61'

8 - 21

Jansen

60'

8 - 19

Garcia

8 - 14

59'

Garcia

8 - 14

55'

Gilbert

50'

3 - 14

Jansen

49'

3 - 12

Gilbert

41'

3 - 7

Joyce

40'

3 - 5

Half Time

Roger

3 - 0

25'

Start

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored

1.5

Entries

Avg. Points Scored

2.8

Entries

Attack Profile

Zebre

Connacht

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Defence Profile

Zebre

Connacht

More Less

Ruck Speed

0-3 secs

49%

3-6 secs

38%

39%

6+ secs

13%

12%

Rucks Won

143

Last 5 Penalties

75'

79'

81'

83'

88'

Zebre

Connacht

Zebre vs Connacht Kick Off Times & TV Channel

Zebre face off against Connacht in United Rugby Championship Round 11 on Sat 31st January 2026 at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:00 and is broadcast on Premier Sports. In South Africa it’s at 17:00 SAST on SuperSport, 04:00 NZST on URC TV in New Zealand, 02:00 AEST on URC TV in Australia and 07:00 EST on Flo Rugby in the US.

Connacht won the last encounter but Connacht are in the best form of their last 5 games.

Table Standings

Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 6 places in the league table with Connacht in 10th and Zebre in 16th as such Connacht are favourites on paper.

Zebre vs Connacht Squads

The official squads for Zebre vs Connacht will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.