Bordoli starts for Zebre against Ulster

Serafin Bordoli will start for Zebre when they play Ulster in the only Guinness Pro 12 match of the weekend. Originally scheduled as a Round 9 fixture for November 25, the match was postponed due to poor weather conditions at Kingspan Stadium. Bordoli is one of three Argentines in the Zebre match day squad. Former Pumas props Bruno Postiglioni and Guillermo Roan have been named among the reserves.

Ulster will field USA-eligible prop Callum Black at loosehead in a powerful run-on side that contains seven Irish internationals, two Springboks, and one All Black. When the two sides last men on February 26, Ulster came away 40-17 winners.

Ulster are currently in 5th spot on the Pro 12 table, one point behind Scarlets for the final playoff spot. Zebre are in last place having won just one game during the season.

ULSTER
1 Callum Black, 2 Rob Herring (capt.), 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 4 Kieran Treadwell, 5 Alan O’Connor, 6 Robbie Diack, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Marcell Coetzee, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 10 Stuart Olding, 11 Charles Piutau, 12 Luke Marshall, 13 Jacob Stockdale, 14 Craig Gilroy, 15 Jared Payne

Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andy Warwick, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Franco van der Merwe, 20 Clive Ross, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Peter Nelson, 23 David Busby

ZEBRE
1 Andrea de Marchi, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 3 Bart le Roux, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (capt.), 5 Valerio Bernabò, 6 Matteo Cornelli, 7 Gideon Koegelenberg, 8 Federico Ruzza, 9 Carlo Engelbrecht, 10 Serafin Bordoli, 11 Lloyd Greeff, 12 Tommaso Castello, 13 Tommaso Boni, 14 Mattia Bellini, 15 Dion Berryman

Replacements: 16 Luigi Ferraro, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Guillermo Roan, 19 Joshua Furno, 20 Julien Nibert, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Matteo Pratichetti, 23 Malou Mornas