He made his Pro14 debut in the 2015–16 season, contracted to Parma-based Zebre for two years. Van Zyl played 25 matches during the 2015–16 season, scoring six tries. He played in total 1825 minutes for the season. (1601 minutes in the Guinness Pro12, scoring five tries) and (224 minutes in the European Rugby Challenge Cup/Rabodirect, scoring one try).&lt;ref name="Rabodirect Pro12 : 2015/2016 -Player Stats"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;