URC round 11: Predictions, teams, kick-off times, how to watch and referee appointments

The United Rugby Championship (URC) continues this weekend and it’s another full schedule as two matches take place on Friday before six fixtures on Saturday.

Check on all the URC team news, our predictions the match officials and more below.

Friday

Benetton v Scarlets

Prediction: Benetton by 15

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Paolo Odogwu, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Nicolas Roger Farias, 9 Andy Uren (c), 8 So’otala Fa’aso’o, 7 Jadin Kingi, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Giulio Marini, 3 Marcos Gallorini, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Destiny Aminu, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Scott Scrafton, 20 Nelson Casartelli, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Matt Gallagher, 23 Filippo Drago

Scarlets: 15 Jac Davies, 14 Macs Page, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams (c), 11 Tomi Lewis, 10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Max Douglas, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Jac Price, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Alec Hepburn
Replacements: 16 Harry Thomas, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Billy McBryde, 23 Iori Badham

Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA / 21.45 SA
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 113th league game)
Assistant Referees: Clara Munarini (FIR), Bisetto Luca (FIR)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
Live on: Sky Italia, S4C, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

Glasgow Warriors v Munster

Prediction: Munster by 2

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Stafford McDowall (c), 12 Kerr Yule, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 Ben Afshar, 8 Ally Miller, 7 Angus Fraser, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Jare Oguntibeju, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Murphy Walker, 2 Seb Stephen, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Dylan Cockburn, 20 Sione Vailanu, 21 Macenzzie Duncan, 22 Jack Oliver, 23 Matthew Urwin

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Shane Daly, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 Tony Butler, 9 Ethan Coughlan, 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 Ruadhán Quinn, 6 Seán Edogbo, 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Evan O’Connell, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Diarmuid Barron (c), 1 Josh Wycherley
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 John Ryan, 19 Gavin Coombes, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Tom Wood, 23 Seán O’Brien

Venue: Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA / 21.45 SA
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 72nd league game)
Assistant Referees: Ian Kenny (SRU), David Sutherland (SRU)
TMO: Adam Jones (WRU)
Live on: Premier Sports, TG4, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

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Saturday

Lions v Bulls

Prediction: Bulls by 3

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Bronson Mills, 11 Richard Kriel, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (c), 7 Batho Hlekani, 6 Jarod Cairns, 5 Reinhrdt Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 SJ Kotze
Replacements: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 RF Schoeman, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Etienne Oosthuizen, 20 Darrien Landsberg, 21 Renzo du Plessis, 22 Haashim Pead, 23 Erich Cronje

Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Stravino Jacobs, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Jeandre Rudolph, 7 Elrich Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Alu Tshakweni, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Nizaam Carr, 22 Keagan Johannes, 23 David Kriel

Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 12.30 IRE & UK / 13.30 ITA / 14.30 SA
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SARU, 20th league game)
Assistant Referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU), Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)
TMO: Egon Seconds (SARU)
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby

Sharks v Stormers

Prediction: Sharks by 5

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Ethan Hooker, 12 Andre Esterhuizen (c), 11 Jaco Williams, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Fez Mbatha, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Eduan Swart, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Nick Hatton, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Jurenzo Julius

Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (c), 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 JD Schickerling, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Jurie Matthee, 23 Warrick Gelant

Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA
Referee: Christopher Allison (SARU, 7th league game)
Assistant Referees: Griffin Colby (SARU), Jonathan Lottering (SARU)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (SARU)
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby

Zebre Parma v Connacht

Prediction: Connacht by 3

Zebre Parma: 15 Giovanni Montemauri, 14 Mirko Belloni, 13 Giulio Bertaccini, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Martin Roger Farias, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Davide Ruggeri, 7 Iacopo Bianchi, 6 Giacomo Ferrari, 5 Leonard Krumov (c), 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Enrique Pieretto, 2 Giampietro Ribaldi, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio
Replacements: 16 Shilo Klein, 17 Luca Franceschetto, 18 Juan Pitinari, 19 Franco Carrera, 20 Alessandro Ortombina, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Enrico Lucchin, 23 Bautista Stavile

Connacht: 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Shane Jennings, 13 Harry West, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Chay Mullins, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Caolin Blade, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Paul Boyle (c), 5 Joe Joyce, 4 Josh Murphy, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 1 Jordan Duggan
Replacements: 16 Matthew Victory, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Fiachna Barrett, 19 David O’Connor, 20 Niall Murray, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Sean Naughton, 23 Oisín McCormack

Venue: Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma
Kick-off: 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 113th league game)
Assistant Referees: Fillipo Russo (FIR), Lorenzo Pedezzi (FIR)
TMO: Keith David (WRU)
Live on: Sky Italia, TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

Leinster v Edinburgh

Prediction: Leinster by 6

Leinster: 15 Andrew Osborne, 14 Joshua Kenny, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Ciarán Mangan, 11 Ruben Moloney, 10 Charlie Tector, 9 Luke McGrath (c), 8 Diarmuid Mangan, 7 Scott Penny, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Brian Deeny, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Andrew Sparrow, 2 John McKee, 1 Jerry Cahir
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Alex Usanov, 18 Niall Smyth, 19 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 20 Josh Ericson, 21 Will Connors, 22 Fintan Gunne, 23 Hugo McLaughlin

Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Malelili Satala, 13 Wes Goosen, 12 James Lang, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Ben Muncaster, 5 Glen Young, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Paul Hill, 2 Jerry Blyth-Lafferty, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Harri Morris, 17 Mikey Jones, 18 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 19 Tom Dodd, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Piers O’Connor

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17.30 IRE & UK / 18.30 ITA / 19.30 SA
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 59th league game)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (IRFU), Shane Gaughan (IRFU)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

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Ospreys v Dragons

Prediction: Ospreys by 6

Ospreys: 15 Iestyn Hopkins, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Phil Cokanasiga, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Jack Walsh, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morse, 7 Ross Moriarty, 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 James Fender, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Sam Parry (cc), 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Steffan Thomas, 18 Rhys Henry, 19 Marco de Witt, 20 Gwilym Evans, 21 Cormac Foley, 22 Max Nagy, 23 Harri Houston

Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien (c), 14 David Richards, 13 Fine Inisi, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Che Hope, 8 Harri Keddie, 7 Harry Beddall, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Seb Davies, 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Brodie Coghlan, 1 Wyn Jones
Replacements: 16 Oli Burrows, 17 Jordan Morris, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 20 Evan Minto, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Fetuli Paea, 23 Cai Evans

Venue: Electric Brewery Field, Bridgend
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA / 21.45 SA
Referee: Ben Connor (WRU, 7th league game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Breakspear (WRU), Carwyn Sion (WRU)
TMO: Jenny Davies (WRU)
Live on: S4C, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

Ulster v Cardiff

Prediction: Ulster by 7

Ulster: 15 Ethan McIlroy, 14 Werner Kok, 13 James Hume, 12 Ben Carson, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 Conor McKee, 8 David McCann, 7 Marcus Rea, 6 Matthew Dalton, 5 Charlie Irvine, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Scott Wilson, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 James McCormick, 17 Sam Crean, 18 Bryan O’Connor, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 Lorcan McLoughlin, 21 David Shanahan, 22 Jake Flannery, 23 Ben Moxham

Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Ioan Lloyd, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Steffan Emanuel, 11 Tom Bowen, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Alun Lawrence, 5 George Nott, 4 Josh McNally (c), 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Evan Lloyd, 1 Rhys Barratt
Replacements: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Joe Cowell, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Lucas de la Rua, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Elijah Evans, 23 Leigh Halfpenny

Venue: Affidea Stadium, Belfast
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA / 21.45 SA
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU, 26th league game)
Assistant Referees: Robbie Jenkinson (IRFU), Sam Holt (IRFU)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby

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