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Brive on the attack against Worcester Warriors in the European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2017
Zebre can make it four Challenge Cup wins in as many matches over Brive on Friday night if they can pick up a victory at Stade Amedee-Domenech.
The two sides have met three times before – including last week in a 27-24 win for the hosts – with Zebre coming out on top in every match.
Key Facts
- All three of Zebre’s wins over Brive have come by 10 points or fewer.
- Brive have won nine of their 10 home games against Italian opposition in the Challenge Cup, and their only defeat was against Zebre in 2014/15.
- Zebre have made 33 offloads to date, more than any other side in the competition.
- Zebre and Brive have the lowest scrum success rates after three rounds.
- Zebre’s Johan Meyer was ranked in the top three tacklers in Round 3.
Another round, another win for the roaring @BristolBears in #ChallengeCupRugby Pool 4⃣🙌
Will they be able to maintain their 💯 per cent success to lead the chasing pack? 🐻 pic.twitter.com/eqS3jDwRhS
— Challenge Cup (@ERChallengeCup) December 8, 2019
Brive kept their hopes of a European Challenge Cup quarter-final place alive by defeating Zebre Rugby in Pool 4 on Friday night.
After an early exchange of penalties, Georgian scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze scored the first try of the game after 17 minutes with Tedo Abzhandadze converting.
À l’issue de cette victoire, Maxence Darthou commente son premier match avec le @CABCLRUGBY#WEARECAB #CABvZEB pic.twitter.com/YxJ28m1Vox
— CABCLRUGBY (@CABCLRUGBY) December 13, 2019
It stayed 10-3 until half time, then two minutes after the re-start it was Lobzhanidze who crossed the whitewash again with Abzhandadze booting the extras.
It was Thomas Acquier who added Brive’s third, after a check with the TMO, on 71 minutes and there was time remaining for Zebre to register a try through Tomasso Boni three minutes from the final whistle.
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