URC round 15: Predictions, teams, kick-off times, how to watch and referee appointments
Leinster's Sam Prendergast and an inset of Bulls' back Canan Moodie.
The United Rugby Championship season resumes this weekend following a fortnight break for the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup.
The action gets underway on Friday with Edinburgh v Zebre Parma, Ulster v Leinster, and the Dragons v Bulls.
Round 15 continues on Saturday, starting with the clash between the Stormers and Connacht in Cape Town before the Lions v Glasgow Warriors, Scarlets v Cardiff, Benetton v Munster and Ospreys and Sharks collide.
Check out all of the line-ups, kick-off times, broadcast times, and more for round 15 of the United Rugby Championship below.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Edinburgh Rugby v Zebre Parma
Prediction: Edinburgh by 10
Edinburgh Rugby: 15 Piers O’Conor, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mosese Tuipulotu, 12 Findlay Thomson, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Hector Patterson, 8 Connor Boyle, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Dylan Richardson, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Glen Young, 20 Tom Currie, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Jack Brown
Zebre: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Malik Faissal, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Giovanni Licata (c), 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Giacomo Ferrari, 5 Alessandro Ortombina, 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Giovanni Quattrini, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio
Replacements: 16 Shilo Klein, 17 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Iacopo Bianchi, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Martin Roger Farias, 23 Enrico Lucchin
Venue: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Christopher Allison (SARU, 9th league game)
Assistant referees: Ru Campbell (SRU), David Young (SRU)
TMO: Morne Ferreira (SARU)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Ulster Rugby v Leinster Rugby
Prediction: Ulster by 3
Ulster Rugby: 15 Jacob Stockdale, 14 Werner Kok, 13 James Hume, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Sean Reffell, 6 David McCann, 5 Cormac Izuchukwu, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 James McCormick, 17 Sam Crean, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 Bryn Ward, 21 Conor McKee, 22 Jake Flannery, 23 Jude Postlethwaite
Leinster Rugby: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Joshua Kenny, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 James Culhane, 7 Scott Penny, 6 Alex Soroka, 5 James Ryan (c), 4 Brian Deeny, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Jerry Cahir
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Will Connors, 22 Fintan Gunne, 23 Ciarán Frawley
Venue: Affidea Stadium, Belfast
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 115th league game)
Assistant referees: Andrew Cole (IRFU), Tomás O’Sullivan (IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Dragons RFC v Vodacom Bulls
Prediction: Bulls by 15
Dragons RFC: 15 Cai Evans, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Fine Inisi, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Niall Armstrong, 8 Harrison Keddie (c), 7 Harry Beddall, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Seb Davies, 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Wyn Jones
Replacements: 16 Oli Burrows, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Thomas Young, 21 Morgan Lloyd, 22 Harri Ackerman, 23 Huw Anderson
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 David Kriel, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan Hendrik Wessels, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Willie le Roux, 23 Sergeal Petersen
Venue: Rodney Parade, Newport
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 51st league game)
Assistant referees: Ben Breakspear (WRU), Lucas Yendle (WRU)
TMO: Colin Brett (SRU)
Live on: S4C, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
DHL Stormers v Connacht Rugby
Prediction: Stormers by 18
DHL Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Damian Willemse, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Neethling Fouché, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Wandisile Simelane
Connacht Rugby: 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Harry West, 13 John Devine, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Shayne Bolton, 10 Sean Naughton, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 6 Cian Prendergast (c), 5 Darragh Murray, 4 David O’Connor, 3 Sam Illo, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Billy Bohan
Replacements: 16 Matthew Victory, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Jack Aungier, 19 Josh Murphy, 20 Paul Boyle, 21 Colm Reilly, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Hugh Gavin
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 12.45 IRE & UK / 13.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR, 21st league game)
Assistant referees: Hanru van Rooyen (SARU), Sean Muller (SARU)
TMO: Fillipo Russo (FIR)
Live on: SuperSport, TG4, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Fidelity SecureDrive Lions v Glasgow Warriors
Prediction: Glasgow by 3
Fidelity SecureDrive Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Richard Kriel, 11 Erich Cronje, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (c), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Siba Mahashe, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 SJ Kotze
Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 Edward Davids, 18 Sebastian Lombard, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Batho Hlekani, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Nico Steyn, 23 Kelly Mpeku
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall (c), 11 Fergus Watson, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 Jack Oliver, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Sione Vailanu, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Jare Oguntibeju, 3 Fin Richardson, 2 Seb Stephen, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Dylan Cockburn, 20 Ryan Burke, 21 Angus Fraser, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Sione Tuipulotu
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Peter Martin (IRFU, 14th league game)
Assistant referees: Griffin Colby (SARU), Dylen November (SARU)
TMO: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Scarlets v Cardiff Rugby
Prediction: Scarlets by 5
Scarlets: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Eddie James, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Joe Hawkins, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Fletcher Anderson (c), 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Max Douglas, 4 Sam Lousi, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Jac Price, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones, 23 Joe Roberts
Cardiff Rugby: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Jacob Beetham, 13 Ben Thomas, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Mason Grady, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 James Botham, 6 Alex Mann, 5 George Nott, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Rhys Barratt
Replacements: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Dan Thomas, 21 Taine Basham, 22 Ellis Bevan, 23 Ioan Lloyd
Venue: Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Kick-off: 17.30 IRE & UK / 18.30 ITA & SA
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SARU, 22nd league game)
Assistant referees: Adam Jones (WRU), Carwyn Sion (WRU)
TMO: Christopher Allison (SARU)
Live on: SuperSport, TG4, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Benetton v Munster Rugby
Prediction: Munster by 2
Benetton: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Paolo Odogwu, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Giulio Marini, 3 Marcos Gallorini, 2 Nicholas Gasperini, 1 Destiny Aminu
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Ivan Nemer, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Jadin Kingi, 21 Alessandro Izekor, 22 Andy Uren, 23 Leonardo Marin
Munster Rugby: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Andrew Smith, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tom Ahern, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Ben O’Donovan, 22 Dan Kelly, 23 Alex Kendellen
Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 114th league game)
Assistant referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR), Riccardo Bonato (FIR)
TMO: Keith David (WRU)
Live on: Sky Italia, TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Ospreys v Hollywoodbets Sharks
Prediction: Ospreys by 3
Ospreys: 15 Iestyn Hopkins, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Dan Kasende, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Jac Morgan (c), 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 Huw Sutton, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Ross Moriarty, 20 Harri Deaves 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Phil Cokanasiga, 23 Jack Walsh
Hollywoodbets Sharks: 15 Zekhethelo Siyaya, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Le Roux Malan, 12 Andre Esterhuizen (c), 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Jean Smith, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Manu Tshituka, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Fez Mbatha, 1 Phatu Ganyane
Replacements: 16 Eduan Swart, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Nick Hatton, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Jurenzo Julius
Venue: Electric Brewery Field, Bridgend
Kick-off: 19.45 IRE & UK / 20.45 ITA & SA
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 97th league game)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (WRU), Marcus Caudle (WRU)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv