Cardiff Rugby have named talented young back Mason Grady in their matchday squad for the first time in more than 12 months to face Zebre Parma on Friday night at Cardiff Arms Park (7.35pm kick-off).
The rescheduled United Rugby Championship clash is the Welsh region's last home game of the season where Dai Young's men will target their first win since victory over Glasgow on March 26. Four defeats have followed: two to the Scarlets, one to the Ospreys and it was a loss away to Munster last time out. However, the hosts will be bidding to return to winning ways for the occasion which will also mark Seb Davies' 100th first-team appearance and Rhys Carre's 50th.
Grady, 20, impressed in Cardiff RFC's title run-in and is named in the first-team squad for the first time since suffering a knee injury in March 2021. The little brother of Wales international Cory Allen is a strapping centre come wing who represented Wales U20s aged just 17 and made his regional debut in November 2020 before his season was cut short prematurely.
