Benetton confirmed their current superiority over Italian rivals Zebre Parma with a dominant 39-14 United Rugby Championship victory at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.
Ulster recorded a second successive bonus-point victory in the United Rugby Championship as they saw off Zebre 36-3 at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.
Zebre captain Giulio Bisegni is set to be sidelined for the rest of the PRO14 season, the club have confirmed.
The Dragons grabbed their first victory of the new PRO14 season but were made to fight all the way by Zebre at Rodney Parade.
Buoyed by their resilience in the 22-35 round two defeat to France in Paris, interim head coach Franco Smith has kept the faith with his starting XV.
New Azzurri boss Franco Smith has opted not to make wholesale changes following last weekend 42-0 beating at Wales.
Follow all the action from the World Cup warm-up match on the RugbyPass live blog as England host Italy at St James’ Park in Newcastle.
Having been beaten by France in Paris in their last outing, Conor O'Shea has reshuffled his Italy team to face England in Newcastle on Friday.
Conor O'Shea has named his 31-man Italy Rugby World Cup squad for Japan - and there are some significant casualties.
Joey Carbery suffered an ankle injury scare as Ireland eased past Italy 29-10 in their first World Cup warm-up match in Dublin.
