Ulster bolstered by Ireland contingent for Quins clash

David Skippers

Ulster Rugby's Billy Burns scores a try during the Heineken Champions Cup Round 2 rugby match between Gloucester Rugby and Ulster Rugby, at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.

The Challenge Cup round-of-16 action continues on Saturday and Sunday with Harlequins hosting Ulster in the standout match.

Saturday

Benetton v Agen

The teams:

Benetton: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage (c), 8 Riccardo Favretto, 7 Michele Lamaro, 6 Seb Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Ira Herbst, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Tomas Baravalle, 1 Thomas Augustin Gallo
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Ivan Nemer, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Luca Roberto Xavier Petrozzi, 22 Tommy Allan, 23 Edoardo Padovani

Agen: 15 Hugo Verdu, 14 Loris Tolot, 13 Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 12 Sam Vaka, 11 JJ Taulagi, 10 Noel Reid, 9 Yoann Cottin, 8 Dylan Hayes, 7 Jessy Jegerlhener, 6 Romain Briatte (c), 5 Victor Moreaux, 4 Andrés Zafra Tarazona, 3 Walter Desmaison, 2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Malino Vanai
Replacements: 16 Clément Martinez, 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili, 18 Sosefo Falatea, 19 Corentin Vernet, 20 Pierce Phillips, 21 Timilai Rokoduru, 22 Paul Abadie, 23 Jordan Puletua

Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 BST, 14:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Filippo Russo (Italy)
TMO: Sara Cox (England)

Ospreys v Newcastle Falcons

The teams:

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 George North, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Kieran Williams, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Luke Price, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Will Griffiths, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Garyn Phillips, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Rhys Davies, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Josh Thomas, 23 Mat Protheroe

Newcastle: 15 Tom Penny, 14 George Wacokecoke, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Peter Lucock, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Micky Young, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Mark Wilson (c), 6 Will Welch, 5 Sean Robinson, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Logovi’i Mulipola, 2 George McGuigan, 1 Trevor Davison
Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Darren Barry, 20 Philip van der Walt, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Joel Matavesi, 23 Morgan Passman

Venue: Liberty Stadium
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Assistant referees: Dan Jones (Wales), Gwyn Morris (Wales)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (France)

Dragons v Northampton Saints

The teams:

Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Jonah Holmes, 13 Aneurin Owen, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Rhodri Williams (c), 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Harrison Keddie, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Greg Bateman
Replacements: 16 Taylor Davies, 17 Joshua Reynolds, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Evan Lloyd, 23 Nick Tompkins

Northampton: 15 Harry Mallinder, 14 Ollie Sleightholme, 13 Fraser Dingwall, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 10 James Grayson, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Teimana Harrison (c), 7 JJ Tonks, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Alex Moon, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Mikey Haywood, 1 Nick Auterac
Replacements: 16 Sam Matavesi, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Oisín Heffernan, 19 Lewis Bean, 20 Shaun Adendorff, 21 Henry Taylor, 22 Ahsee Tuala, 23 Tom Collins

Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Aled Evans (Wales)
TMO: Patrick Dellac (France)

Leicester Tigers v Connacht

The teams:

Leicester: 15 Zack Henry, 14 Harry Potter, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Guy Porter, 10 Johnny McPhillips, 9 Ben Youngs (c), 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Luke Wallace, 6 George Martin, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Charlie Clare, 1 Luan de Bruin
Replacements: 16 Nic Dolly, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Ben White, 22 Dan Kelly, 23 Freddie Steward

Connacht: 15 John Porch, 14 Alex Wootton, 13 Sean O’Brien, 12 Tom Daly, 11 Matt Healy, 10 Jack Carty, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Paul Boyle (c), 7 Conor Oliver, 6 Eoghan Masterson, 5 Gavin Thornbury, 4 Ultan Dillane, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 David Heffernan, 1 Denis Buckley
Replacements: 16 Shane Delahunt, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Dominic Robertson-McCoy, 19 Oisin Dowling, 20 Abraham Papali’i, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Conor Fitzgerald, 23 Peter Sullivan

Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (England), Phil Watters (England)
TMO: Sean Brickell (Wales)

Sunday

Harlequins v Ulster

The teams:

Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Luke Northmore, 13 James Lang, 12 Paul Lasike, 11 Nathan Earle, 10 Brett Herron, 9 Scott Steele, 8 Tom Lawday (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Archie White, 5 George Hammond, 4 Hugh Tizard, 3 Will Collier, 2 Elia Elia, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta
Replacements: 16 George Head, 17 Jordan Els, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Tevita Cavubati, 20 Matas Jurevicius, 21 Jack Stafford, 22 Ben Tapuai, 23 Ross Chisholm

Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 James Hume, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Jordi Murphy (c), 6 Sean Reidy, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Alan O’Connor, 3 Marty Moore, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andrew Warwick, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Cormac Izuchukwu, 20 Matty Rea, 21 Alby Mathewson, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Ethan McIlroy

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Adam Leal (England), Hamish Smales (England)
TMO: Denis Grenouillet (France)