More Springboks make URC returns while Mack Hansen and Josh Adams also back in action

Adam Kyriacou
Mack Hansen collects the ball during a United Rugby Championship game.

Mack Hansen of Connacht during the United Rugby Championship 2022/23 game between Stormers and Connacht at Danie Craven in Stellenbosch on 24 September 2022 © Ryan Wilkisky/Sports Inc

There’s one game on Friday and a whopping seven on Saturday in the United Rugby Championship as several Springboks return for their respective South African sides.

Check on the team news ahead of the weekend’s action below.

Friday

Munster v Glasgow Warriors

Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Seán O’Brien, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tom Ahern, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Edwin Edogbo, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Diarmuid Barron (c), 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Scott Buckley, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Alex Kendellen

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Sione Tuipulotu, 12 Stafford McDowall (c), 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Sione Vailanu, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Lucio Sordoni, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Angus Fraser, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Thomas Gordon, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Tom Jordan

Venue: Musgrave Park, Cork
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)
Assistant Referees: Dan Carson (IRFU), Sam Holt (IRFU)
TMO: Aimee Barrett Theron (SARU)

Saturday

Bulls v Sharks

Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw (c), 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Janko Swanepoel, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Simphiwe Matanzima, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Sebastian de Klerk

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 13 Lukhanyo Am (c), 12 Francois Venter, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Phepsi Buthelezi, 6 James Venter, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Fez Mbatha, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Daniel Jooste, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corne’ Rahl, 20 Lappies Labuschagne, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Rohan Janse van Rensburg

Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Cwengile (JD) Jadezweni (SARU)
Assistant Referees: Dylen November (SARU), Phumzile Mbewu (SARU)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (SARU)

Cardiff v Scarlets

Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Willis Halaholo, 11 Mason Grady, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Mackenzie Martin, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Seb Davies, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Corey Domachowski
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Rhys Carré, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 20 Josh Turnbull, 21 Ellis Bevan, 22 Jacob Beetham, 23 Gabriel Hamer-Webb

Scarlets: 15 Johnny McNicholl, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Johnny Williams, 12 Eddie James, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Gareth Davies (c), 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 7 Dan Davis, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Jac Price, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Harri O’Connor, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Wyn Jones
Replacements: 16 Shaun Evans, 17 Steff Thomas, 18 Joe Jones, 19 Morgan Jones, 20 Teddy Leatherbarrow, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Ioan Nicholas

Venue: Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant Referees: Rhys Jones (WRU), Gwyn Morris (WRU)
TMO: Wayne Davies (WRU)

Lions v Dragons

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Emmanuel Tshituka, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 JP Smith
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Hanru Sirgel, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Rabz Maxwane

Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Sio Tomkinson, 12 Steff Hughes (c), 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Will Reed, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Sean Lonsdale, 5 George Nott, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Rhodri Jones
Replacements: 16 James Benjamin, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Luke Yendle, 19 Joe Davies, 20 Ryan Woodman, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Aneurin Owen, 23 Ewan Rosser

Venue: Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 15:05 GMT
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Stephan Geldenhuys (SARU), Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)
TMO: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

Stormers v Zebre Parma

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche (c), 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Kwenzo Blose
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Clayton Blommetjies, 23 Suleiman Hartzenberg

Zebre Parma: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Jacopo Trulla, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Enrico Lucchin, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Taina Fox-Matamua, 7 Bautista Stavile, 6 Guido Volpi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Matteo Nocera, 2 Luca Bigi (c), 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Giovanni Licata, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Franco Smith Jr, 23 Lorenzo Pani

Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 19:15 local (17:15 GMT)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Christopher Allison (SARU), Paul Mente (SARU)
TMO: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Ulster v Edinburgh

Ulster: 15 Will Addison, 14 Rob Baloucoune, 13 James Hume, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney, 8 James McNabney, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Matty Rea, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andy Warwick, 18 Marty Moore, 19 Cormac Izuchukwu, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 Stewart Moore, 23 Ben Moxham

Edinburgh: 15 Tim Swiel, 14 Harry Paterson, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Wes Goosen, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ben Vellacott (c), 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Jamie Hodgson, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Adam McBurney, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Young, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Ali Price, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Mark Bennett

Venue: Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Kick-off: 17:15 GMT
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Paul Haycock (IRFU), Padraic Reidy (IRFU)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Connacht v Leinster

Connacht: 15 Tiernan O’Halloran, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Byron Ralston, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Caolin Blade (c), 8 Seán Jansen, 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 6 Cian Prendergast, 5 Oisin Dowling, 4 Darragh Murray, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Peter Dooley
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Niall Murray, 20 Paul Boyle, 21 Michael McDonald, 22 David Hawkshaw, 23 Conor Oliver

Leinster: 15 Ciarán Frawley, 14 Rob Russell, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Jamie Osborne, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 James Culhane, 7 Scott Penny, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Ryan Baird, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Ed Byrne
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Cormac Foley, 22 Liam Turner, 23 Will Connors

Venue: The Sportsground, Galway
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Peter Martin (IRFU), Keane Davison (IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)

Benetton v Ospreys

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Paolo Odogwu, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Edoardo Padovani, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Edoardo Iachizzi, 3 Giosué Zilocchi, 2 Bautista Bernasconi, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Lorenzo Cannone, 22 Dewaldt Duvenage, 23 Giacomo Da Re

Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Iestyn Hopkins, 13 Luke Scully, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Luke Morgan, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Luke Davies, 8 Morgan Morris (c), 7 Harri Deaves, 6 Tristan Davies, 5 James Fender, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Rhys Henry, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Lewis Jones, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Rewan Kruger, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Harri Houston

Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Kick-off: 20:35 local (19:35 GMT)
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Filippo Russo (FIR), Giona Righeti (FIR)
TMO: Joy Neville (IRFU)

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