Ex-Springbok set for Sharks debut at Leinster while URC match winner returns for Munster

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Aphiwe Dyantyi scoring for Springboks against All Blacks.

Aphiwe Dyantyi scoring for Springboks against All Blacks.

It’s a bumper Saturday of action in the United Rugby Championship as five games take place before three are scheduled on Sunday as teams clash in Round Two.

Saturday

Ospreys v Zebre Parma

Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 Dom Morris, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Mat Protheroe, 10 Jack Walsh, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 James Ratti, 5 Huw Sutton, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Ethan Lewis, 1 Garyn Phillips
Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Rhys Henry, 19 James Fender, 20 Harri Deaves, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Keiran Williams, 23 Owen Williams

Zebre Parma: 15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Franco Smith Jr, 12 Enrico Lucchin, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Giovanni Licata (c), 7 Giacomo Ferrari, 6 Guido Volpi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 David Sisi, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio
Replacements: 16 Marco Manfredi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Dylan de Leeuw, 20 Bautista Stavile, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Giovanni Montemauri, 23 Scott Gregory

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Kick-off: 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT)
Referee: Ian Kenny
Assistant Referees: Gareth Newman, Gwyn Morris
TMO: Dave Sutherland

Connacht v Glasgow Warriors

Connacht: 15 Tiernan O’Halloran, 14 Byron Ralston, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Caolin Blade (c), 8 Jarrad Butler, 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 6 Cian Prendergast, 5 Joe Joyce, 4 Niall Murray, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 1 Denis Buckley
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Dominic Robertson-McCoy, 19 Darragh Murray, 20 Oisín Dowling, 21 Colm Reilly, 22 Liam McNamara, 23 Conor Oliver

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Kyle Steyn (c), 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Sione Vailanu, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Angus Fraser, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Ally Miller, 21 Rory Darge, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Duncan Weir

Venue: The Sportsground
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Adam Jones
Assistant Referees: Padraic Reidy, Sam Holt
TMO: Jon Mason

Stormers v Scarlets

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Clayton Blommetjies, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche (c), 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Gary Porter, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Nama Xaba, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Courtnall Skosan

Scarlets: 15 Johnny McNicholl, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies (c), 11 Ryan Conbeer, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 7 Dan Davis, 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Morgan Jones, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Sam Wainwright, 2 Shaun Evans, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Isaac Young, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Jac Price, 20 Ben Williams, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Eddie James

Venue: Danie Craven Stadium
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Referee: Sam Grove-White
Assistant Referees: Griffin Colby, Christopher Allison
TMO: Mike Adamson

Leinster v Sharks

Leinster: 15 Ciarán Frawley, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Jamie Osborne, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Jordan Larmour, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Cormac Foley, 8 Max Deegan, 7 Scott Penny (c), 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Ross Molony, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Lee Barron, 1 Jack Boyle
Replacements: 16 Dylan Donnellan, 17 Paddy McCarthy, 18 Rory McGuire, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 Will Connors, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Rob Russell

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Francois Venter (c), 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Marnus Potgieter, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 James Venter, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Dylan Richardson, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Khwezi Mona, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 George Cronje, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Aphiwe Dyantyi

Venue: RDS Arena
Kick-off: 16:55 BST (15:55 GMT)
Referee: Federico Vedovelli
Assistant Referees: Joy Neville, Paul Haycock
TMO: Stefano Roscini

Edinburgh v Lions

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Ross McCann, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Currie, 11 Wes Goosen, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ben Vellacott (c), 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Glen Young, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 WP Nel, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Chris Dean

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Maroius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Emmanuel Tshituka, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Corne Fourie
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Hanru Sirgel, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Rynhardt Jonker, 23 Andries Coetzee

Venue: Hive Stadium
Kick-off: 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT)
Referee: Chris Busby
Assistant Referees: Jonny Perriam, Rob McDowell
TMO: Colin Stanley

Sunday

Benetton v Munster

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Filippo Drago, 11 Edoardo Padovani, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Edoardo Iachizzi, 3 Giosué Zilocchi, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Mirco Spagnolo
Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Henry Time-Stowers, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Marco Zanon

Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Shay McCarthy, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Calvin Nash, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Ethan Coughlan, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Jack O’Donoghue (c), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Edwin Edogbo, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Josh Wycherley
Replacements: 16 Scott Buckley, 17 Kieran Ryan, 18 John Ryan, 19 Tom Ahern, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Alex Nankivell, 23 Sean O’Brien

Kick-off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Morne Ferreira
Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi, Alex Frasson
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen

Dragons v Cardiff

Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Sio Tomkinson, 12 Steff Hughes (c), 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Angus O’Brien, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Dan Lydiate, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Sean Lonsdale, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Rodrigo Martinez
Replacements: 16 James Benjamin, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Joe Davies, 20 George Nott, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Will Reed, 23 Jack Dixon

Cardiff: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Willis Halaholo, 11 Theo Cabango, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Seb Davies, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Corey Domachowski
Replacements: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Rhys Carré, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Thomas Young, 21 E Bevan, 22 Ben Thomas, 23 Harri Millard

Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 14:30 GMT
Referee: Frank Murphy
Assistant Referees: Elgan Williams, Ben Connor
TMO: Mark Patton

Ulster v Bulls

Ulster: 15 Will Addison, 14 Rob Baloucoune, 13 James Hume, 12 Jude Postlethwaite, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Dave McCann, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Andy Warwick
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Greg McGrath, 19 Cormac Izuchukwu, 20 Marcus Rea, 21 Dave Shanahan, 22 Stewart Moore, 23 Mike Lowry

Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 David Kriel, 12 Cornal Hendricks, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (cc), 5 Ruan Nortje (cc), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans

Venue: Kingspan Stadium
Kick-off: 17:00 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole, Robbie Jenkinson
TMO: Stefano Roscini

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