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Stade Francais Paris centre Alex Arrate is tackled by two Pau defenders
Stade Francais Paris will be looking to complete the double over Zebre Rugby Club on Saturday, when they host the Italian club in Pool 4 of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
The Parisian club squeezed home 13-12 in the clubs’ first ever meeting in Round 2 in Italy in November.
Key facts
- Stade Francais Paris have won all 19 of their European games against Italian opposition.
- Stade’s Alex Arrate has made more tackles (35/38) than any other back in the Challenge Cup this season.
- Zebre have the lowest scrum success rate (77%) and the joint lowest goalkicking percentage (58%) in this term’s competition.
- Zebre have won only three of their 14 away games in the Challenge Cup.
It's @BristolBears who are leading the way at the top of Pool 4! 💪💪💪
They go to battle with 2nd place @CABCLRUGBY this weekend to extend their lead! #ChallengeCupRugby pic.twitter.com/TxWiZy5yAE
— Challenge Cup (@ERChallengeCup) January 9, 2020
Zebre Rugby Club pulled off a shock 24-29 away win at Stade Francais Paris in Pool 4 of the Challenge Cup – only their fourth on opponents’ turf in the history of the competition.
They got themselves an attacking bonus point to boot – the finest revenge after the French club had edged the clubs’ first ever meeting 13-12 in Round 2 in Italy back in November.
#SFPvZEB Partita conclusa a #Parigi dove le Zebre #Rugby 🦓 ottengono la loro rivincita sullo Stade Français Paris 🇫🇷, superando i Transalpini 24 a 29
Per il XV di Michael Bradley si tratta della 4° vittoria stagionale, la 4° sempre con punto di bonus offensivo 👏 pic.twitter.com/xYmJWB5Spu
— Zebre Rugby Club 🦓 (@ZebreRugby) January 11, 2020
This time, Zebre attacked from the off, scoring two first-half tries courtesy of Jamie Elliott and Charlie Walker, both converted by Michelangelo Biondelli – who then added a 21st-minute penalty to send his side to a 17-0 lead.
Segonds got a penalty for the hosts just one minute later to get them on the scoreboard before half-time.
Stade started brightly in the second half, with Sefu Naivalu scoring a brace of tries in the first ten minutes.
But Zebre were not to be denied, and added two more tries of their own from Pierre Bruno and George Biagi.
Thierry Feuteu grabbed a late try for Stade – but Guglielmo Palazzani finished the match in style for the visitors by kicking a last-minute penalty.
Stade Francais had won all 19 of their previous European games against Italian opposition.
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