QUARTER-FINAL

The teams for this weekend's Quarter-Final of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.

TEAM NEWS HEADLINES

#ULSvCON

• Jacob Stockdale makes his 100th Ulster appearance while Rob Herring equals the all-time appearance record on 229 caps
• Dave Heffernan named in Connacht starting XV as he returns from injury with Bundee Aki and Mack Hansen also named as they return from illness

#STOvBUL

• Deon Fourie andLeolin Zas return from injury as they are named in DHL Stormers starting XV
• Vodacom Bulls name an unchanged starting XV
  

#LEIvSHA

• Harry Byrne set to earn his 50 th cap for Leinster
• Corne Rahl returns to Cell C Sharks starting XV

#GLAvMUN

• Richie Gray set to make his 100th appearance for GlasgowWarriors
• Two changes to the Munster side as RG Snyman comesinto the second row and Tadhg Beirne returns from injury to start at blindsideflanker

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Ulster v Connacht

Kingspan Stadium, Belfast – KO 19.35  IRE & UK / 20.35ITA & SA

Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 88thleague game)

AR 1: Frank Murphy (IRFU) AR 2:Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)

Live on: Viaplay, TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery +,FloRugby.com & URC.tv

Ulster: MikeLowry, Rob Baloucoune, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, BillyBurns, John Cooney, Rory Sutherland, Rob Herring, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, AlanO’Connor (CAPT), Kieran Treadwell, Dave McCann, Nick Timoney, Duane Vermeulen

Replacements: TomStewart, Eric O’Sullivan, Gareth Milasinovich, Sam Carter, Jordi Murphy, NathanDoak, Stewart Moore, Craig Gilroy

Connacht: TiernanO’Halloran, John Porch, Tom Farrell, Bundee Aki, Mack Hansen, Jack Carty(CAPT), Caolin Blade, Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham, JoshMurphy, Niall Murray, Shamus Hurley-Langton, Conor Oliver, Cian Prendergast

Replacements: DylanTierney-Martin, Jordan Duggan, Jack Aungier, Oisín Dowling, Jarrad Butler,Kieran Marmion, Tom Daly, Byron Ralston

UlsterHead Coach Dan McFarland said: “They will come hungry. It’sdo or die in play-offs and we expect an extremely physical, intense side comingto play against us.”

Connacht Director ofRugby Andy Friend said: “Tomorrow is the culmination of months of hard work. We were veryclear at the start of the season that we wanted to be playing playoff football,and now that we’re here we plan on making the most of it. Beating Ulster inBelfast is a tough task for any team, but we’re confident in our abilities and we’veimproved a lot since our last trip up there. I’ve heard there’s a huge crowdtravelling up to support us which always gives us a boost, so I’m sure they’llmake their voices heard.”

SATURDAY, MAY 6

DHL Stormers v Vodacom Bulls

DHL Stadium, Cape Town – KO 14.30 IRE & UK /15.30 ITA & SA

Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU, 18th league game)

AR 1: AJ Jacobs (SARU) AR 2: Marius van derWesthuizen (SARU)

TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

Live on: SuperSport, TG4, Viaplay, Premier Sports,Discovery +, FloRugby.com & URC.tv

DHL Stormers: Damian Willemse, Angelo Davids,Ruhan Nel, Dan du Plessis, Leolin Zas, Manie Libbok, Herschel Jantjies, StevenKitshoff (CAPT), Joseph Dweba, Frans Malherbe, Ruben van Heerden, Marvin Orie, DeonFourie, Hacjivah Dayimani, Evan Roos

Replacements: JJ Kotze, Ali Vermaak, NeethlingFouche, Gary Porter, Ben-Jason Dixon, Willie Engelbrecht, Paul de Wet, SachaFeinberg-Mngomezulu

Vodacom Bulls: Kurt-Lee Arendse, Canan Moodie,Stedman Gans, Embrose Papier, Johan Goosen, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, GerhardSteenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar, Mornay Smith, Ruan Vermaak, Ruan Nortje (CAPT), Marcovan Staden, Cyle Brink, Elrigh Louw

Replacements: Bismarck du Plessis, SimphiweMatanzima, Francois Klopper, Janko Swanepoel, Nizaam Carr, Keagan Johannes,Chris Smith, Lionel Mapoe

DHL Stormers Head Coach John Dobson said: "Wewill have our biggest crowd of the season for a North-South knock-out game, sothis is something everyone has been looking forward to. It is fantastic to havethe likes of Deon and Leolin back in the mix for this one, they have both madesuch a big impact for us in recent times. We are very proud of what we havealready achieved this season as our goal was to broaden depth across the squadand consolidate our position. To have hosted a Heineken Champions Cup play-off,retain the SA Shield and have a home Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarterfinal ontop of capping as many players as we have means a lot to us. We are reallyexcited about the future and the new generation of players coming through, butright now it's all about Saturday. We want to play the kind of rugby that hasgot us into this position and repay the incredible support we get with a worthyperformance."

Leinster v Cell C Sharks

Aviva Stadium, Dublin – KO 17.00 IRE & UK /18.00 ITA & SA

Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 46th league game)

AR 1: Sam Grove-White (SRU) AR 2: HollieDavidson (SRU)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Live on: RTÉ, Viaplay, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery+, FloRugby.com & URC.tv

Leinster: Hugo Keenan, Jordan Larmour, Ciarán Frawley, CharlieNgatai, Dave Kearney, Harry Byrne, Luke McGrath (CAPT), Michael Milne, DanSheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Ryan Baird, Jason Jenkins, Max Deegan, Scott Penny, CaelanDoris

Replacements: John McKee, Andrew Porter, CianHealy, Joe McCarthy, Jack Conan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ross Byrne, Liam Turner

Cell C Sharks: Aphelele Fassi, MarnusPotgieter, Lukhanyo Am (CAPT), Ben Tapuai, Makazole Mapimpi, Boeta Chamberlain,Grant Williams, Ox Nche, Bongi Mbonambi, Thomas du Toit, Corne Rahl, GerbrandtGrobler, James Venter, Vincent Tshituka, Sikhumbuzo Notshe

Replacements: Fez Mbatha, Ntuthuko Mchunu, CarluSadie, Jeandre Labuschagne, Phepsi Buthelezi, Cameron Wright, Nevaldo Fleurs, RohanJanse van Rensburg

Glasgow Warriors v Munster

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow – KO 19.35 IRE & UK/ 20.35 ITA & SA

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 35th league game)

AR 1: Adam Jones (WRU) AR 2: Manuel Bottino (FIR)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Live on: Viaplay, RTÉ, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery+, FloRugby.com & URC.tv

Glasgow Warriors: Ollie Smith, SebastianCancelliere, Sione Tuipulotu, Stafford McDowall, Kyle Steyn (CAPT), Tom Jordan,George Horne, Jamie Bhatti, Johnny Matthews, Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings,Richie Gray, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey

Replacements: Fraser Brown, Nathan McBeth,Simon Berghan, JP du Preez, Lewis Bean, Sione Vailanu, Ali Price, Huw Jones

Munster: Mike Haley, Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, MalakaiFekitoa, Shane Daly, Jack Crowley, Conor Murray, Jeremy Loughman, DiarmuidBarron, Stephen Archer, Jean Kleyn, RG Snyman, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O'Mahony (CAPT),Gavin Coombes

Replacements: Niall Scannell, Josh Wycherley,Roman Salanoa, Fineen Wycherley, John Hodnett, Craig Casey, Ben Healy, Alex Kendellen

Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Franco Smith said: “Munsterare a team who knows how to play in playoff rugby, and have been on a strongrun of form in recent weeks. We know that we must be at our best level in orderto meet the challenge they will pose. Training this week has been competitiveand has seen the squad push each other to be the best they can be - we lookforward to the test waiting for us tomorrow night.”