HT in France and its the visitors who take a surprising lead going in to the break. A first half that started very slowly (0-3 after nearly 30 minutes) livened up significantly with 10 minutes to go. Both teams scoring through centres Swanepoel and Haimona brings the half time score to 7-13. An interesting second half awaits here in Brive, stay tuned for more

TRY ZEBRE: An excellent piece of offloading from the Zebre midfield sees Kelly Haimona cross the white wash after just 8 minutes on the field. Padovani adds two more. 7-13

The sin binned props return to the field of play, we are 4 mins short of half time and this game is finally starting to liven up

Iannone is forced off the field through injury, he is replaced by Haimona

The hosts reduce Brive's lead to just 1 immediately after their first try through the boot of Padovani once more. 7-6

TRY BRIVE: Swanepoel is released by Brezy and scythes through the Zebre defence to inish under the posts, He adds the extras

Both teams make changes to make up for their sin binned props

Both props sent to the bin following a nasty altercation in the middle of the pitch. Players getting frustrated by the set piece

The game continues to be a close encounter with neither team able to execute an extensive running game of late. The ball remaining tight with both teams resorting to the boot in order to gain territory

The score remains 0-3 to the visitors after 12 minutes. Brive the stronger overall, even though the score board does not reflect this.