On the back of another dismal defeat last weekend, Zebre have announced that they have parted company with head coach Gianluca Guidi.

Guidi has been with the Italian club for one-and-a-half seasons and leaves by mutual consent, with Zebre thanking the coach for his services.

Zebre have lost all five of their Champions Cup pool games this season and failed to pick up a single point in any of them, while in the PRO12 they are in last position on nine points, two adrift of Treviso with two games in hand.