Summary

  • Cardiff beat Zebre 40-27 in 10-try thriller

  • Hosts took control as Teddy Williams, Javian Sebastian, and Taine Basham crossed

  • Francisco Minervino scored from maul for visitors

  • Alex Mann grabbed bonus point try as Cardiff led 26-8 at half-time

  • Tom Bowen added two more tries in second half

  • Giacomo Ferrari, Giulio Bertaccini and Marco Zanon scored as Italian side stormed back

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  1. Welcome to Cardiff

    Cardiff v Zebre (19:45 BST)

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    Good evening and welcome to Cardiff Arms Park.

    There were some sore heads in the Welsh capital this morning courtesy of the national football team's excellent victory against Norway on Thursday.

    Supporters of the Blue and Blacks will expect to also toast a success tonight.

    Cardiff got up and running in the URC with a hard-fought derby win at Scarlets and will be targeting a five-point haul against a Zebre team that finished bottom of the table last season.

    The Italians were drubbed in Parma by Bulls in round one.

    Fingers crossed there will be plenty of attacking action on a fast plastic track for us to talk about.

    Let's have a look at the teams...