Parma, 5th August 2022 - The United Rugby Championship 2022/23 schedule is finally complete. This morning the tournament's board announced the dates, venues and times for the 18-day championship, kicking off on Saturday, 17th September in Parma with a showdown with eight-time champions Leinster.
Zebre will play 9 games at home: after hosting the Dubliners, the will face South African Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers, Scottish Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors, Benetton Rugby cousins, Welsh Ospreys, Irish Connacht and Cardiff Rugby.
As per tradition, once again this year, the days straddling Christmas and New Year's Day will be the setting for the Italian derbies of United Rugby Championship, highlights for all fans and enthusiasts of the movement. It will start in Treviso on Saturday, December 24, while the return match is scheduled for Saturday, 31st December, in Parma, with kickoff always at 1:30 p.m.
Filed with the ECPR Challenge Cup windows and the Six Nations 2023, the season will end with the tour of South Africa that will see Coach Roselli's XV take the field against the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday, April 15, and the Emirates Lions on Saturday 22nd April
Below the full United Rugby Championship 2022/23 fixtures:
Saturday, 17th September, 2 p.m., Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club
v Leinster
Friday, 23rd September, 6:30 p.m., Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Clu b v Cell C Sharks
Saturday, 1st October, 6:05 p.m. Italian time, Musgrave Park (Cork) - Munster v
Zebre Rugby Club
Saturday,8th October, 4 p.m. Italian, Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v DHL Stormers
Saturday, 15th October 8:35 p.m. Italian, Parc y Scarlets (Llanelli) - Scarlets v
Zebre Rugby Club
Saturday, 22nd October, 2 p.m. Italian, Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Edinburgh Rugby
Saturday,29th October, 6:15 p.m. Italian, Rodney Parade (Newport) - Dragons v
Zebre Rugby Club
Friday, 25th November, 8:35 p.m. Italian, Kingspan Stadium (Belfast) - Ulster v
Zebre Rugby Club
Saturday, 3rd December, 2 p.m., Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Glasgow Warriors
Saturday, 24th December, 1:30 p.m., Monigo Municipal Stadium (Treviso) - Benetton Rugby v
Zebre Rugby Clu b
Saturday, 31st December, 1:30 p.m., Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Benetton Rugby
Saturday, 7th January, 4 p.m. Italian time, DAM Health Stadium (Edinburgh) - Edinburgh Rugby v
Zebre Rugby Club
Sunday 29th January, 4 p.m. Italian, Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Ospreys
Saturday, 18th February, 4:05 p.m., Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Connacht
Friday, 3rd March, 8:35 p.m. Italian, Scotstoun (Glasgow) - Glasgow Warriors v
Zebre Rugby Club
Friday, 24th March, 8:10 p.m. Italian, Stadio Lanfranchi (Parma) -
Zebre Rugby Club v Cardiff Rugby
Saturday, 15th April, 4:05 p.m. Italian, Loftus Versfeld (Pretoria) - Vodacom Bulls v
Zebre Rugby Club
Saturday, 22nd April, 2 p.m. Italian, Emirates Airline Stadium (Johannesburg) - Emirates Lions v
Zebre Rugby Club