Edinburgh boosted by Viliame Mata return

Colin Newboult

Edinburgh's Viliame Mata runs with the ball with pressure from Glasgow Warriors players during the Guinness PRO14 match at BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh.

The PRO14 continues on Saturday and Sunday as three matches take place, including the Conference B encounter between Connacht and Edinburgh.

We bring you all of the team line-ups but, for Planet Rugby’s preview of this weekend’s action, check out ‘The short side’.

Saturday

Connacht v Edinburgh

The teams:

Connacht: 15 Alex Wootton, 14 Ben O’Donnell, 13 Sean O’Brien, 12 Tom Daly, 11 Matt Healy, 10 Jack Carty, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Eoghan Masterson, 7 Jarrad Butler (c), 6 Cian Prendergast, 5 Gavin Thornbury, 4 Niall Murray, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Shane Delahunt, 1 Denis Buckley
Replacements: 16 Jonny Murphy, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Conor Kenny, 19 Abraham Papali’i, 20 Conor Oliver, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Conor Fitzgerald, 23 Oran McNulty

Edinburgh: 15 Damien Hoyland (cc), 14 Jack Blain, 13 James Johnstone, 12 George Taylor, 11 Eroni Sau, 10 Nathan Chamberlain, 9 Charlie Shiel, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Ally Miller, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Andrew Davidson, 4 Magnus Bradbury, 3 Lee-Roy Atalifo, 2 Mike Willemse, 1 Pierre Schoeman (cc)
Replacements: 16 Sam Kitchen, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Angus Williams, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Mesu Kunavula, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Charlie Savala, 23 Mark Bennett

Venue: The Sportsground
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Chris Busby
Assistant referees: Eoghan Cross, Stuart Gaffikin
TMO: Olly Hodges

Dragons v Ulster

The teams:

Dragons: 15 Josh Lewis, 14 Jonah Holmes, 13 Aneurin Owen, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Rhodri Williams (c), 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Ollie Griffiths, 6 Harrison Keddie, 5 Joe Maksymiw, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Brok Harris
Replacements: 16 Rhys Lawrence, 17 Josh Reynolds, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ben Carter, 21 Dan Baker, 22 Gonzalo Bertranou, 23 Nick Tompkins

Ulster: 15 Jacob Stockdale, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Stewart Moore, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Rob Lyttle, 10 Michael Lowry, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Sean Reidy, 6 David McCann, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 Ross Kane, 2 John Andrew, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 Brad Roberts, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Cormac Izuchukwu, 20 Matty Rea, 21 David Shanahan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Ethan McIlroy

Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Adam Jones
Assistant referees: Ben Whitehouse, Dan Jones
TMO: Ian Davies

Sunday

Benetton v Cardiff Blues

The teams:

Benetton: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ratuva Tavuyara, 13 Joaquin Riera, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage (c), 8 Riccardo Favretto, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Davide Ruggeri, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Irné Herbst, 3 Ivan Nemer, 2 Corniel Els, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Tomas Baravalle, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Matteo Canali, 20 Giovanni Pettinelli, 21 Alberto Sgarbi, 22 Luca Petrozzi, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti

Cardiff Blues: 15 Matthew Morgan, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Aled Summerhill, 10 Ben Thomas, 9 Jamie Hill, 8 Josh Turnbull (c), 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Olly Robinson, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Seb Davies, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher, 1 Corey Domachowski
Replacements: 16 Iestyn Harris, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 James Ratti, 20 Alun Lawrence, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Jason Harries

Venue: Stadio Monigo
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
Assistant referees: Federico Vedovelli, Filippo Russo
TMO: Marius Mitrea