Good evening everyone and welcome to this Guinness Pro12 clash between hosts Connacht and the visiting Zebre. Both sides come in off the back of similar results, Connacht losing out away to Osprey last time out while Zebre suffered the same fate away to Scarlets. However, overall this has been a very promising campaign so far for the Irish province who find themselves 6th and just 5 points outside play-off positions. Zebre on the other hand are second from bottom with only their fellow Italians below them.