Robbie Henshaw starts for Leinster in top-of-the-table URC clash while Wales star returns and Craig Casey back for Munster’s trip to Siya Kolisi’s Sharks

Round Six of the United Rugby Championship gets underway on Friday evening with two games before six take place on Saturday including Leinster against the Lions.

Robbie Henshaw is back for the former as the two remaining unbeaten sides in the league collide in Dublin while Wales number eight Aaron Wainwright returns for the Dragons.

Elsewhere, Manie Libbok comes into the Stormers team at fly-half with Damian Willemse shifting to inside centre while Munster have Craig Casey back for their Sharks fixture.

See below for all the URC team news.

Friday

Scarlets v Zebre Parma

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

Zebre Parma: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Ben Cambriani, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Giovanni Licata, 7 Luca Andreani, 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 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Giacomo Ferrari, 21 Gonzalo Garcia, 22 Enrico Lucchin, 23 Giacomo Da Re

Venue: Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SARU, 13th league game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Connor (WRU), Matthew Leon (WRU)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (SARU)

Benetton v Bulls

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Paolo Odogwu, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Ignacio Brex, 11 Matt Gallagher, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Mirco Spagnolo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Enzo Avaca, 19 Eli Snyman, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Manuel Zuliani, 22 Andy Uren, 23 Jacob Umaga

Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 David Kriel, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Sebastian de Klerk

Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Kick-off: 20:35 local (19:35 BST)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU, 22nd league game)
Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR), Franco Rosella (FIR)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)

Saturday

Stormers v Glasgow Warriors

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

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

Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 13:45 local (12:45 BST)
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 99th league game)
Assistant Referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU), Christopher Allison (SARU)
TMO: Chris Busby (IRFU)

Ospreys v Edinburgh

Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Jac Morgan (c), 5 Adam Beard, 4 Will Greatbanks, 3 Ben Warren, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Lewis Jones, 20 Lewis Lloyd, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Tom Florence, 23 Iestyn Hopkins

Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Wes Goosen, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (c), 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Jamie Hodgson, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 D’arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Angus Williams, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Glen Young, 20 Luke Crosbie, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Mosese Tuipulotu

Venue: Dunraven Brewery Field, Bridgend
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Griffin Colby (SARU, 2nd league game)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (WRU), Ben Breakspear (WRU)
TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

Siya Kolisi makes a positional switch as Springboks-laden Sharks named for Munster humdinger

Sharks v Munster

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

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Seán O’Brien, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Jack O’Donoghue, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tom Ahern, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 John Ryan
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Kieran Ryan, 18 Ronan Foxe, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Ruadhán Quinn, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Alex Kendellen

Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST)
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU, 16th league game)
Assistant Referees: AJ Jacobs (SARU), Stephan Geldenhuys (SARU)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Leinster v Lions

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Osborne, 13 Hugh Cooney, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Ryan Baird, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Gus McCarthy, 1 Michael Milne
Replacements: 16 Stephen Smyth, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 James Culhane, 21 Cormac Foley, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Charlie Tector

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

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17:15 BST
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 60th league game)
Assistant Referees: Peter Martin (IRFU), Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (WRU)

Connacht v Dragons

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

Dragons: 15 Cai Evans, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Joe Westwood, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Ewan Rosser, 10 Angus O’Brien, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Ben Carter (c), 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Oli Burrows, 1 Cameron Jones
Replacements: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Luke Yendle, 19 Steve Cummins, 20 Taine Basham, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Lloyd Evans, 23 Harry Wilson

Venue: Dexcom Stadium, Galway
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR, 33rd league game)
Assistant Referees: Dan Carson (IRFU), Sam Holt (IRFU)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Cardiff Rugby v Ulster

Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Mason Grady, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Ben Donnell, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Evan Lloyd, 1 Ed Byrne
Replacements: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Rory Thornon, 20 James Botham, 21 Thomas Young, 22 Johan Mulder, 23 Rory Jennings

Ulster: 15 Ethan McIlroy, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Jude Postlethwaite, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Mike Lowry, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 David McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 James McCormick, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andrew Warwick, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 Marcus Rea, 21 John Cooney, 22 Ben Carson, 23 Ben Moxham

Venue: Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 48th league game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (WRU), Ben Connor (WRU)
TMO: Colin Brett (SRU)

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