Jack Carty returns to captain Connacht in home derby against Ulster

David Skippers
Connacht fly-half Jack Carty.

Connacht fly-half Jack Carty.

The 2023/24 United Rugby Championship season continues with Round Three’s action and includes the highly anticipated derby between Connacht and Ulster at the Sportsground on Saturday.

Check on the team news for the weekend, here.

Friday

Glasgow Warriors v Stormers

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Sione Tuipulotu, 12 Stafford McDowall (c), 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Sione Vailanu, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 Angus Fraser, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Alex Samuel, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Duncan Weir

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ben Loader, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Evan Roos, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Neethling Fouche (c), 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Gary Porter, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Clayton Blommetjies

Venue: Scotstoun
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: David Sutherland (Scotland), Michael Todd (Scotland)
TMO: Colin Stanley (Ireland)

Ospreys v Sharks

Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 Keiran Williams, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Toby Fricker, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris (c), 7 Harri Deaves, 6 James Ratti, 5 James Fender, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Ethan Lewis, 1 Garyn Phillip
Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Rhys Henry, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Lewis Jones, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Max Nagy, 23 Luke Scully

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

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Dewi Phillips (Wales), Mark Butcher (Wales)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Saturday

Zebre Parma v Bulls

Zebre Parma: 15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Scott Gregory, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Enrico Lucchin, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Geronimo Prisciantelli (c), 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Davide Ruggeri, 7 Iacopo Bianchi, 6 Guido Volpi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Dylan de Leeuw, 3 Muhamed Hasa, 2 Marco Manfredi, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Luca Andreani, 21 Taina Fox-Matamua, 22 Gonzalo Garcia, 23 Jacopo Trulla

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

Venue: Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Clara Munarini (Italy), Manuel Bottino (Italy)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)

Leinster v Edinburgh

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 James Culhane, 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 Rhys Ruddock, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Rob Russell

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Wes Goosen, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Currie, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Charlie Shiel, 8 Luke Crosbie, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Glen Young, 3 WP Nel, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Hector Patterson, 22 James Lang, 23 Chris Dean

Venue: RDS Arena
Kick-off: 15:05 GMT
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Keane Davison (Ireland), Jonathan Erskine (Ireland)
TMO: Sean Brickell (Wales)

Scarlets v Cardiff

Scarlets: 15 Johnny McNicholl, 14 Ioan Nicholas, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Eddie James, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Gareth Davies (c), 8 Vaea Fifita, 7 Teddy Leatherbarrow, 6 Ben Williams, 5 Jac Price, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Sam Wainwright, 2 Shaun Evans, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Isaac Young, 17 Steff Thomas, 18 Wyn Jones, 19 Iwan Shenton, 20 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Jonathan Davies

Cardiff: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Theo Cabango, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Lopeti Tmani, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Seb Davis, 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 3 Rhys Litterick, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Rhys Carré
Replacements: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Rhys Barratt, 18 Will Davies-King, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Jamie Hill, 22 Max Clark, 23 Harri Millard

Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 17:15 GMT
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Elgan Williams (Wales), Keith David (Wales)
TMO: Jon Mason (Wales)

Munster v Dragons

Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Seán O’Brien, 13 Alex Nankivell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Calvin Nash, 10 Tony Butler, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Jack O’Donoghue (c), 5 Tom Ahern, 4 Edwin Edogbo, 3 John Ryan, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Kieran Ryan
Replacements: 16 Scott Buckley, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Ruadhán Quinn, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Ben O’Connor

Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien, 14 Corey Baldwin, 13 Steff Hughes (c), 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Will Reed, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Taine Basham, 7 James Benjamin, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 George Nott, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Luke Yendle, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Rhodri Jones
Replacements: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Nathan Evans, 19 Barney Langton-Cryer, 20 George Young, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Aneurin Owen, 23 Ewan Rosser

Venue: Musgrave Park
Kick-off: 17:15 GMT
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Dan Carson (Ireland), Sam Holt (Ireland)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Connacht v Ulster

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

Ulster: 15 Will Addison, 14 Aaron Sexton, 13 James Hume, 12 Stewart Moore, 11 Ethan McIlroy, 10 Jake Flannery, 9 Dave Shanahan, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Reuben Crothers, 6 Matty Rea, 5 Harry Sheridan, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 James French, 2 John Andrew, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Andy Warwick, 18 Greg McGrath, 19 Joe Hopes, 20 David McCann, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Ben Moxham

Venue: The Sportsground
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Sam Grove-White (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole (Ireland), Robbie Jenkinson (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)

Sunday

Benetton v Lions

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Edoardo Padovani, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Filippo Drago, 11 Ignacio Mendy, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Sebastian Negri, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman (c), 4 Edoardo Iachizzi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Giosué Zilocchi, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Michele Lamaro, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Marco Zanon

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

Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Kick-off: 14:30 local (13:30 GMT)
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Frank Murphy (Ireland), Oisin Quinn (Ireland)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)

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