Damian Willemse at 10 again for Stormers in ‘battle of the former URC champions’ against Munster while Leinster ring changes for Inter-pro derby with Connacht

Adam Kyriacou
Split with Stormers star Damian Willemse and Leinster's Will Connors.

Split with Stormers star Damian Willemse and Leinster's Will Connors.

The United Rugby Championship reaches Round Five this weekend and there’s a full schedule on the cards that includes the Stormers v Munster in Cape Town.

Two games take place on Friday night as the Scarlets host the Bulls and Ulster take on an injury-hit Ospreys team before six matches are on Saturday’s jam-packed schedule.

Check on all the URC team news below.

Friday

Scarlets v Bulls

Scarlets: 15 Ioan Nicholas, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Johnny Williams, 12 Eddie James, 11 Blair Murray, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Max Douglas, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Jac Price, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Efan Jones, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Macs Page

Bulls: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Kuyenzeka Xaba, 5 Cobus Wiese, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe (c), 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 JF van Heerden, 20 Celimpilo Gumede, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Barend Smit, 23 Stedman Gans

Venue: Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR, 11th league game)
Assistant Referees: Craig Evans (WRU), Nathan James (WRU)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)

Ulster v Ospreys

Ulster: 15 Mike Lowry, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Ben Carson, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 John Cooney, 8 David McCann, 7 Marcus Rea, 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 5 Harry Sheridan, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 James McCormick, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Matty Rea, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 James Humphreys, 23 Jude Postlethwaite

Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Owen Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Morgan Morris (c), 7 Justi Tipuric, 6 Lewis Lloyd, 5 Lewis Jones, 4 Will Greatbanks, 3 Ben Warren, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Math Iowerth-Scott, 19 Rhys Thomas, 20 Dan Gemine, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Tom Florence, 23 Max Nagy

Venue: Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 46th league game)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole (IRFU), Andrew Fogarty (IRFU)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

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Saturday

Zebre Parma v Lions

Zebre Parma: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Jacopo Trulla, 13 Giulio Bertaccini, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Giovanni Licata, 7 Iacopo Bianchi, 6 Davide Ruggeri, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Danilo Fischetti (c)
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Luca Andreani, 21 Giacomo Milano, 22 Gonzalo Garcia, 23 Fetuli Paea

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (c), 7 Jarod Cairns, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Reinhard Nothnagel, 3 Conraad van Vuuren, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Juan Schoeman
Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Heiko Pohlmann, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Renzo du Plessis, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Erich Cronje, 23 Rabz Maxwane

Venue: Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma
Kick-off: 13:30 local (12:30 BST)
Referee: Ben Connor (WRU, league debut)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (WRU), Rhys Jones (WRU)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (WRU)

Sharks v Glasgow Warriors

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Eben Etzebeth (c), 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 James Venter, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Jurenzo Julius

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Adam Hastings

Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 15:45 local (14:45 BST)
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU, 44th league game)
Assistant Referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU), Stephan Geldenhuys (SARU)
TMO: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Stormers v Munster

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis (captain), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Louw Nel, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Jurie Matthee

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jack O’Donoghue, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Tom Ahern, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Eoghan Clarke, 17 Kieran Ryan, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Ruadhán Quinn, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Seán O’Brien

Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 18:00 local (17:00 BST)
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 83rd league game)
Assistant Referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU), AJ Jacobs (SARU)
TMO: Hollie Davidson (SRU)

Edinburgh v Cardiff

Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Mosese Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ali Price, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Ben Muncaster, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Paddy Harrison, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Matt Scott

Cardiff Rugby: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 Thomas Young, 6 James Botham, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Rhys Litterick, 2 Dafydd Hughes, 1 Ed Byrne
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Rory Thornton, 19 Alex Mann, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Johan Mulder, 22 Ben Thomas

Venue: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 17:15 BST
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SARU, 11th league game)
Assistant Referees: Fin Brown (SRU), Michael Todd (SRU)
TMO: Griffin Colby (SARU)

Connacht v Leinster

Connacht: 15 Piers O’Conor, 14 Shayne Bolton, 13 David Hawkshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 Paul Boyle, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Cian Prendergast, 5 Darragh Murray, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Denis Buckley
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Jack Aungier, 19 Niall Murray, 20 Sean Jansen, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Cathal Forde, 23 Hugh Gavin

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Liam Turner, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Jamie Osborne, 11 Andrew Osborne, 10 Ciarán Frawley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 James Culhane, 7 Will Connors, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan (c), 4 RG Snyman, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Gus McCarthy, 1 Jack Boyle
Replacements: 16 Stephen Smyth, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Fintan Gunne, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Hugh Cooney

Venue: Dexcom Stadium, Galway
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU, 19th league game)
Assistant Referees: Keane Davison (IRFU), Jonny Erskine (IRFU)
TMO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)

Dragons v Benetton

Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Joe Westwood, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Lloyd Evans, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Ben Carter (c), 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 3 Leon Brown, 2 Brodie Coghlan, 1 Rodrigo Martinez
Replacements: 16 Oli Burrows, 17 Cameron Jones, 18 Chris Coleman, 19 Steve Cummins, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Steff Hughes, 23 Ewan Rosser

Benetton: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Ignacio Brex, 11 Louis Lynagh, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Bautista Bernasconi, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Marco Manfredi, 17 Destiny Aminu, 18 Enzo Avaca, 19 Eli Snyman, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Malakai Fekitoa

Venue: Rodney Parade, Newport
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Peter Martin (IRFU, 4th league game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Breakspear (WRU), Gareth Newman (WRU)
TMO: Colin Stanley (IRFU)

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