Cardiff 22 - 17 Zebre

Full time

20 Sep 2024

Stage: Regular Season Round 1

Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Rugby secured a hard-fought victory against Zebre Parma, finishing 22-17. The home team started strong, with Winnett scoring the first try within nine minutes, followed by conversions from Sheedy. Cardiff continued to dominate the first half, adding tries from Stephens and Thomas to lead 22-8 at halftime. Zebre fought back in the second half, with Bertaccini scoring a try and Da Re converting to narrow the gap. Cardiff's defense held firm despite late pressure from Zebre, who added another try through Locatelli. The substitutions from both teams saw a shift in momentum but failed to change the outcome. Ultimately, Cardiff's early lead proved decisive in this thrilling encounter.

Weather

Temperature: 17.3°C (Feels like 14.1°C) Condition: MostlyClear Wind: 16.4 km/h, gusting to 33.1 km/h Humidity: 81% Cloud Cover: 25%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
8'

Penalty

Giovanni Montemauri · Zebre

0 - 3
9'

Try

Cameron Winnett · Cardiff

5 - 3
10'

Conversion

Callum Sheedy · Cardiff

7 - 3
18'

Try

Iwan Stephens · Cardiff

12 - 3
23'

Try

Dan Thomas · Cardiff

17 - 3
Halftime 17 - 3
Second Half
50'

Substitution

Rhys Litterick on for Keiron Assiratti · Cardiff
50'

Substitution

Ed Byrne on for Danny Southworth · Cardiff
50'

Substitution

Alun Lawrence on for James Botham · Cardiff
52'

Substitution

Andrea Zambonin on for Matteo Canali · Zebre
56'

Try

Josh McNally · Cardiff

22 - 3
57'

Substitution

Giampietro Ribaldi on for Tommaso Di Bartolomeo · Zebre
57'

Substitution

Juan Pitinari on for Matteo Nocera · Zebre
60'

Substitution

Giacomo Ferrari on for Andrea Zambonin · Zebre
61'

Substitution

Harri Millard on for Iwan Stephens · Cardiff
62'

Substitution

Francesco Ruffolo on for Leonard Krumov · Zebre
62'

Substitution

Giacomo Da Re on for Giovanni Montemauri · Zebre
64'

Try

Giulio Bertaccini · Zebre

22 - 8
65'

Conversion

Giacomo Da Re · Zebre

22 - 10
65'

Substitution

Rory Thornton on for Teddy Williams · Cardiff
65'

Substitution

Johan Mulder on for Aled Davies · Cardiff
65'

Substitution

Tinus de Beer on for Callum Sheedy · Cardiff
65'

Substitution

Danilo Fischetti on for Luca Rizzoli · Zebre
71'

Substitution

Evan Lloyd on for Liam Belcher · Cardiff
71'

Substitution

Patricio Baronio Gauna on for Ratko Jelic · Zebre
72'

Substitution

James Botham on for Alun Lawrence · Cardiff
81'

Try

Samuele Locatelli · Zebre

22 - 15
82'

Conversion

Giacomo Da Re · Zebre

22 - 17
Fulltime 22 - 17

Player ratings

Cardiff

15 Cameron Winnett 7.1
14 Mason Grady 7.3
13 Rey Lee-Lo 6.4
12 Ben Thomas 7.9
11 Iwan Stephens 7.4
10 Callum Sheedy 7.6
9 Aled Davies 5.6
1 Danny Southworth 7.1
2 Liam Belcher 7.8
3 Keiron Assiratti 6.7
4 Josh McNally 7.6
5 Teddy Williams 7.4
6 James Botham 6.6
7 Dan Thomas 8.5
8 Ben Donnell 6.9
16 Evan Lloyd –
17 Ed Byrne 6.8
18 Rhys Litterick 5.8
19 Rory Thornton 6.2
20 Alun Lawrence 6.7
21 Johan Mulder 6.0
22 Tinus de Beer 6.8
23 Harri Millard 6.8

Zebre

15 Geronimo Prisciantelli 7.0
14 Ben Cambriani 6.3
13 Giulio Bertaccini 8.0
12 Luca Morisi 7.0
11 Jacopo Trulla 7.4
10 Giovanni Montemauri 5.5
9 Ratko Jelic 5.4
1 Luca Rizzoli 6.5
2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo 7.6
3 Matteo Nocera 7.4
4 Matteo Canali 6.5
5 Leonard Krumov 5.8
6 Davide Ruggeri 7.1
7 Samuele Locatelli 7.8
8 Giovanni Licata 7.3
16 Giampietro Ribaldi 6.2
17 Danilo Fischetti 6.3
18 Juan Pitinari 6.6
19 Andrea Zambonin –
20 Giacomo Ferrari 6.5
21 Patricio Baronio Gauna –
22 Francesco Ruffolo 5.9
23 Giacomo Da Re 6.6