Pro12: Leigh Halfpenny returns to Blues action against Zebre Date: Friday, 20 September Coverage: Live score updates on the BBC Radio Wales and the BBC Sport website British and Irish Lions full-back Leigh Halfpenny will make his first Blues appearance of the season in their Pro12 match at home to Zebre on Friday. And Blues boss Phil Davies is hoping his fellow Lions Sam Warburton and Gethin Jenkins will return to action "in the next two games." Halfpenny, 24, has not played since being named man of the series for the Lions' 2-1 series win in Australia. Davies said: "Leigh will be starting this week, which is great." Lions captain Warburton, 24, tore a hamstring in the second Test against the Wallabies and the flanker's return could coincide with Jenkins's first appearance since he rejoined the Blues from Toulon. The 32-year-old prop was forced out of the Lions tour because of a calf injury. Following Friday's game, Cardiff visit Pro12 champions Leinster on Friday, 27 September and then host Edinburgh on Sunday, 6 October. Davies said: "I don't know whether [Jenkins will] start, but I'm hoping him and Sam will be part of the match-day squad in the next two games, which is great testimony to the medical staff. They've done a phenomenal job with the two players because they had difficult injuries. They're maybe coming back ahead of time, it's quite exciting at the moment. We've got around 6% unavailability at the moment, whereas this time last year we had 40%. Wales full-back Halfpenny made a decisive contribution in the deciding 41-16 third-Test win over Australia in Sydney, kicking a Lions Test record 21 points and creating two tries. There were rumours he would be attracted away from the Arms Park with Racing Metro 92 reported to be interested, though they denied making an approach. The Blues have had a mixed start to their Pro12 campaign, losing 22-15 in Glasgow before beating Connacht 21-10 at home last weekend, a match that saw the return of Lions wing Alex Cuthbert.