The teams for this weekend's Round 2 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.

TEAM NEWS HEADLINES

#GLAvBEN

• Six changes from last weekend’s team
• Hastings set for first start since returning
• Hiddleston starts after making 27 tackles off the bench last weekend
• Darge starts after making 39 tackles – second in club history to Jonny Gray for tackles in one game (43 v Leinster in 2019)
• Sutherland set for GW debut off the bench
• Cummings, Horne and Weir all set for first appearances of season
• Eli Snyman captainsBenetton

#LEIvDRA

• Cian Healy named in starting XV, set to make his 281st appearance, giving him the Leinster cap record
• Academy players Charlie Tector and Gus McCarthy named in starting XV, two more Academy players (Fintan Gunne and Aitzol King) drafted in to replacements
• Irish internationals Josh van der Flier and Joe McCarthy named as replacements and due to see the field for the first time since Ireland's win over South Africa in July
• Wilson set for full debut
• Hughes, Nott and Coleman recalled
• Burrows potential debut from bench

#LIOvULS

• Francke Horn takes the captain’s armband this Saturday against Ulster
• Reinhard Nothnagel runs out for his 50^th internationalclub match for Emirates Lions
• Saturday sees six players make their Vodacom URC debuts forthe franchise
• John Cooney makes a return at scrum-half after a hamstring injury ruled him out of the opening round
• South African winger, Werner Kok, makes his first start in an Ulster jersey
• Murphy opts for a 6:2 split on the bench for Ulster

#BULvEDI

• Armand van der Merwe Captains the Vodacom Bulls
• Bennett and Scott reunite in midfield partnership for Edinburgh

#ZEBvMUN

• Danilo Fischetti leads Zebre Parma for their home debut in Vodacom URC against Munster
• Gavin Coombes is set for his 100th appearance for Munster
• Four personnel changes and three positional switches to the Munster side that secured a bonus-point win against Connacht last weekend
• Bryan Fitzgerald in line for his competitive Munster debut and named among the replacements

#SCAvCAR

• Gareth Davies to make 250th Scarlets appearance
• Josh Macleod returns from injury to lead the Scarlets
• Cardiff make two changes to starting XV - Corey Domachowski replaces Danny Southworth in the front row and Alun Lawrence comes in for the injured James Botham
• Liam Belcher captains Cardiff

#CONvSHA

• Denis Buckley makes 250^th appearance for Connacht
• David O’Connor handed Connacht debut
• Finlay Bealham, Niall Murray, Shane Jennings come into the side for Connacht
• Vincent Tshituka continues his role as Hollywoodbets Sharks captain on tour
• Jason Jenkins earns his debut for the Hollywoodbets Sharks

#OSPvSTO

• Jac Morgan set to captain a side.
• Reuben Morgan-Williams starts at scrum half in his 100^th appearance for Ospreys
• Ethan Lewis, Garyn Phillips and Ben Warren all take up places on the bench in the only changes from last week against the Dragons.
• Dan du Plessis captains the DHL Stormers for the first time
• Dave Ewers on DHL Stormers debut
• Return from injury for Damian Willemse, Ruhan Nel, Keke Morabe and Sti Sithole 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Glasgow Warriorsv Benetton

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

Referee: Marius vander Westhuizen (SARU,

AR 1: Ru Campbell(SRU) AR 2: Michael Todd (SRU)

TMO: ChristopherAllison (SARU)

Live on: PremierSports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

GlasgowWarriors: Josh McKay, Kyle Steyn (CAPT), Sione Tuipulotu, Tom Jordan,Kyle Rowe, Adam Hastings, Jamie Dobie; Nathan McBeth, Gregor Hiddleston, ZanderFagerson, Max Williamson, Richie Gray, Euan Ferrie, Rory Darge, Matt Fagerson.

Replacements: Johnny Matthews,Rory Sutherland, Sam Talakai, Alex Samuel, Scott Cummings, Gregor Brown, GeorgeHorne, Duncan Weir.

GlasgowWarriors Head Coach Franco Smith said : “Tomorrow night presents us withan opportunity to build upon the effort shown by the players in our opening URCmatch of the season.

“Benetton haverecruited well during the off season and are a team with ambitions ofchallenging at the top of the standings; we know they will be a tough challengeand one we will need to meet head on.

“We also lookforward to seeing Rory make his debut for the club. He has trained well sincearriving in the summer and we know he will be eager to make an impact.”

Benetton Rugby : MattGallagher, Louis Lynagh, Malakai Fekitoa, Marco Zanon, Onisi Ratave, JacobUmaga, Andy Uren, Mirco Spagnolo, Siua Maile, Simone Ferrari, Scott Scrafton,Eli Snyman (CAPT), Alessandro Izekor, Manuel Zuliani, Sebastian Negri

Replacements : MarcoManfredi, Aminu Destiny, Riccardo Genovese, Riccardo Favretto, Toa Halafihi,Alessandro Garbisi, Leonardo Marin, Paolo Odogwu

BenettonRugby Head Coach Marco Bortolami said: “AgainstScarlets, it was not the result we wanted, we know we have tofight better. The first half was positive because we were dominant and it was ashame to have conceded the try at the end. In the second half we were timid, inaddition to the fact that we lacked precision in the execution. This will serveas motivation to be better in concretizing the opportunities we create. Apositive aspect is that we tried until the end and got back in the game. Thisis the right determination that we will have to show in the next matches too.Against Glasgow we have an even bigger challenge against the reigningchampions. We are determined to improve on what didn't work well against theScarlets.”

Leinster v DragonsRFC

Aviva Stadium,Dublin – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA & SA

Referee: Mike Adamson(SRU,

AR 1: Eoghan Cross(IRFU)  AR 2: Tomas O’Sullivan(IRFU)

TMO: Dave Sutherland(SRU)

Live on: TG4, BBC Wales, Premier Sports,SuperSport, FloRugby & URC.tv

Leinster Rugby: Jamie Osborne, JordanLarmour, Liam Turner, Charlie Tector, Jimmy O'Brien, Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath;Cian Healy, Gus McCarthy, Thomas Clarkson, Brian Deeny, James Ryan, Max Deegan,Will Connors, Jack Conan (CAPT)

Replacements: Lee Barron, MichaelMilne, Rabah Slimani, Joe McCarthy, Josh van der Flier, Fintan Gunne, HarryByrne, Aitzol King

LeinsterAssistant Coach Tyler Bleyendaal said: "We had a great result in our firstgame, I think, to come away from Edinburgh with five points. We had, at times,a scratchy performance but we showed a lot of guts and resilience to get thatresult."

Dragons RFC : Angus O’Brien, Rio Dyer, Harry Wilson, SteffHughes, Jared Rosser, Lloyd Evans, Dane Blacker; Rodrigo Martinez, BrodieCoghlan, Chris Coleman, Ben Carter (CAPT), George Nott, Ryan Woodman, HarriKeddie, Shane Lewis-Hughes

Replacement : OliBurrows, Rhodri Jones, Luke Yendle, Matthew Screech, George Young, RhodriWilliams, Joe Westwood, Ewan Rosser

Dai Flanagan,Dragons RFC Head Coach said : “We’re excited for the challenge we face in our firstaway game of the league season. Leinster bring everything. Ireland havejust been announced as the number one team in the world, and I'm sure there'slike 20 internationals in the Leinster squad. For me, it's about us. It's aboutus going out there, representing ourselves and our region in the best possibleway we can, and improving week by week. It starts this weekagain.”

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Emirates Lions v Ulster

Emirates Airline Park,Johannesburg – KO 11.55IRE & UK / 12.55 ITA & SA

Referee: Sam Grove-White(SRU,

AR 1: AJ Jacobs (SARU)  AR 2: Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)

TMO: Keith David(WRU)

Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Emirates Lions : Quan Horn, Rabz Maxwane, ErichCronje, Rynhardt Jonker, Tapiwa Mafura, Kade Wolhuter, Sanele Nohamba, MorganNaude, PJ Botha, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Reinard Nothnagel, Darrien Landsberg, JarodCairns, Ruan Venter, Francke Horn (CAPT)

Replacements : Franco Marais, Juan Schoeman, Conraadvan Vuuren, Ruben Schoeman, Siba Qoma, Renzo du Plessis, Nico Steyn, Henco vanWyk

Emirates Lions HeadCoach Ivan van Rooyen said : “It’s important for us to keep the momentum. We werehappy with the momentum we took into the recent Currie Cup campaign and it’simportant for us to maintain that going into this year’s URC season.

“As a group weare really excited about the upcoming URC. There’s a great vibe and energywithin the squad. We have six URC debutants featuring this weekend comprisingof a combination new signings and guys from the recent Currie Cup.

“Ultimately,it’s important for us to start well at home this weekend against an Ulster teamwho beat the defending champions last weekend. We know they’ll arrive ready togo so we’ll be up for it” he concluded.

Ulster: Ethan McIlroy,Werner Kok, Stewart Moore, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Aidan Morgan,John Cooney, Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Tom O’Toole, Kieran Treadwell, AlanO’Connor (CAPT), Matty Rea, Sean Reffell, Nick Timoney

Replacements:  James McCormick, Eric O’Sullivan, Corrie Barrett, IainHenderson, James McNabney, Nathan Doak, Mike Lowry, David McCann

Ulster AssistantCoach Jimmy Duffy said : “Lions have a solid set piece and dangerouscounter attacking threats, we will have to be accurate and not give away sillyopportunities.”

Vodacom Bulls v EdinburghRugby

Loftus Versfeld Stadium,Pretoria – KO 14.00 IRE & UK / 15.00 ITA & SA

Referee: Ben Breakspear(WRU,

AR 1: Griffon Colby(SARU)  AR 2: Dylen November(SARU)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse(WRU)

Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Vodacom Bulls: David Kriel, CananMoodie, Stedman Gans, Barend Smit, Sebastian de Klerk, Jaco van der Walt, EmbrosePapier, Alulutho Tshakweni,Armand van der Merwe (CAPT), Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, Cobus Wiese, Nama Xaba,Jannes Kirsten, Cameron Hanekom

Replacements: JohanGrobbelaar, Simphiwe Matanzima, Francois Kloppers, JF van Heerden, MarcelCoetzee, Keegan Johannes, Boeta Chamberlain, Aphiwe Dyantyi

Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White said: “I am really happy that we have a lot of VodacomBulls guys playing for the Springboks and it is nice to have Canan and Grobbiesback because they have international experience, and they can bring that backto us and the more players we can have with international experience and thekind of pressure they have experienced at that level will help us in ourenvironment.”

Edinburgh Rugby : Wes Goosen, Darcy Graham, Mark Bennett, Matt Scott,Duhan van der Merwe, Ross Thompson, Ali Price, Pierre Schoeman, Dave Cherry,Paul Hill, Marshall Sykes, Grant Gilchrist (CAPT), Jamie Ritchie, HamishWatson, Magnus Bradbury Replacements: Ewan Ashman, Boan Venter, D’arcyRae, Jamie Hodgson, Tom Dodd, Ben Vellacott, Ben Healy, Ross McCann

Edinburgh Rugby Head Coach Sean Everitt said: “We know the challengethat awaits us at Loftus. It will be a tough match, but we’ve had a good weekand are ready for the fight.”

Zebre Parma vMunster

Stadio Lanfranchi,Parma – KO 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA & SA

Referee: HollieDavidson (SRU,

AR 1: AndreaPiardi (FIR)  AR 2: Alex Frasson(FIR)

TMO: NeilHennessy (WRU)

Live on: Sky Italia, RTÉ, PremierSports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Zebre Parma: GeronimoPrisciantelli, Jacopo Trulla, Giulio Bertaccini, Luca Morisi,Simone Gesi,Giovanni Montemauri, Alessandro Fusco, Danilo Fischetti (CAPT), Tommaso DiBartolomeo, Matteo Nocera, Matteo Canali, Leonard Krumov, Davide Ruggeri,Samuele Locatelli, Giovanni Licata

Replacements: GiampietroRibaldi, Luca Rizzoli, Juan Pitinari, Andrea Zambonin, Giacomo Ferrari,Patricio Baronio, Scott Gregory, Giacomo Da Re

Zebre Parma HeadCoach Massimo Brunello said : "We'refacing a strong team that likes to keep the ball alive in every area of thefield."

"We need to bedisciplined and ruthless to keep the result in play. We need to improve ourruthlessness compared to Cardiff. The guys have trained well this week, so themain goal is to put in another good performance to grow and build confidence inour style of play."

Munster: Mike Haley,Calvin Nash, Shane Daly, Tom Farrell, Thaakir Abrahams; Tony Butler, CraigCasey; Josh Wycherley, Diarmuid Barron (CAPT), Oli Jager; Jean Kleyn, FineenWycherley; Ruadhán Quinn, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes

Replacements: NiallScannell, Jeremy Loughman, John Ryan, Jack Daly, Jack O'Donoghue, Conor Murray,Bryan Fitzgerald, Shay McCarthy

Scarlets v Cardiff Rugby

Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli –KO 17.15 IRE & UK / 18.15 ITA & SA

Referee: ChristopherAllison (SARU,

AR 1: Mike English(WRU)  AR 2: Amber Stamp-Dunstan(WRU)

TMO: Marius vander Westhuizen (SARU) 

Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Scarlets: Ioan Lloyd, TomRogers, Macs Page, Johnny Williams, Blair Murray; Sam Costelow, Gareth Davies; KemsleyMathias, Ryan Elias, Henry Thomas, Alex Craig, Max Douglas, Jarrod Taylor, JoshMacleod (CAPT), Taine Plumtree

Replacements: Marnus van derMerwe, Alec Hepburn, Sam Wainwright, Jac Price, Dan Davis, Efan Jones, EddieJames, Ellis Mee

Scarlets Head Coach Dwayne Peel said: “We were all disappointed with how the match inTreviso finished, but there has been plenty to build on for this weekend. Wehave always had close battles with Cardiff, they will be buoyed from that winagainst Zebre in round one so it is important we are on our mettle and imposeourselves on the game. We want to make Parc y Scarlets a difficult place forteams to come and after three successive away games it is great to be back athome in front of our supporters again.”

Cardiff Rugby: Cam Winnett,Mason Grady, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Iwan Stephens, Callum Sheedy, Aled Davies,Corey Domachowski, Liam Belcher (CAPT), Keiron Assiratti, Josh McNally, TeddyWilliams, Ben Donnell, Dan Thomas, Alun Lawrence

Replacements: Evan Lloyd, EdByrne, Rhys Litterick, Rory Thornton, Mackenzie Martin, Ellis Bevan, Tinus deBeer, Harri Millard

Cardiff Head Coach Matt Sherratt, said: "Last week against Zebre, it was all aboutgetting the job done, and we were pleased to come away with the bonus pointwin.

“It wasn’tperfect, but we showed a lot of character to take control in the early stagesand were able to get the job done and play a lot of our new singings in acompetitive game for the first time.

“This weekagainst the Scarlets is a different kind of challenge, but in many ways, theapproach remains the same.

“We’ve kept theside very similar because we want to build consistency and momentum.

“Facing yourWelsh rivals always adds extra intensity, and we know we’ll need to raise ourgame, especially playing away from home for the first time, but the focus is onsticking to our processes.”

Connacht vHollywoodbets Sharks

Dexcom Stadium,Galway – KO 19.35  IRE & UK / 20.35ITA & SA

Referee: FedericoVedovelli (FIR,

AR 1: Eoghan Cross(IRFU)  AR 2: Chris Lough (IRFU)

TMO: Stefano Penne(FIR)

Live on: TG4, Premier Sports,SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Connacht: SantiagoCordero, Mack Hansen, Piers O’Conor, Cathal Forde, Shane Jennings, Josh Ioane,Ben Murphy, Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham, Niall Murray, DavidO’Connor, Josh Murphy, Conor Oliver, Cian Prendergast (CAPT).

Replacements: DylanTierney-Martin, Peter Dooley, Sam Illo, Oisín Dowling, Shamus Hurley-Langton,Caolin Blade, David Hawkshaw, Paul Boyle.

Connacht Head Coach Pete Wilkins says: “I’m looking forward totomorrow’s game. Our intensity and overall performance last week wasencouraging despite the bitter disappointment of the result. Against a verystrong Sharks team we will require a repeat of that effort along with evidenceof growth in our game from round one”.

“Pickingup home wins in such a tight league will be crucial, and I know the sold outDexcom crowd will provide huge energy to the lads regardless of the slightlydifferent surroundings.  It’s animportant day for two of our players for very different reasons – with Denisearning his 250^th cap and David O’Connor his debut. We’redetermined to give them a fitting performance.”

Hollywoodbets Sharks: JordanHendrikse, Eduan Keyter, Jurenzo Julius, Andre Esterhuizen, Ethan Hooker, SiyaMasuku, Bradley Davids, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Dylan Richardson, Ruan Dreyer, JasonJenkins, Gerbrandt Grobler, James Venter, Vincent Tshituka (CAPT), EmmanuelTshituka
Replacements: Fez Mbatha, Trevor Nyakane, Hanro Jacobs, Corne Rahl, RenielHugo, Tinotenda Mavesere, Tian Meyer, Gurswin Wehr / Lionel Cronje

Ospreys v DHL Stormers

Dunraven Brewery Field,Bridgend – KO 19.35  IRE & UK /20.35  ITA & SA

Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU,

AR 1: Rhys Jones (WRU)  AR 2: Ben Connor (WRU)

TMO: Olly Hodges(IRFU)

Live on: S4C, Premier Sports,SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Ospreys: Jack Walsh, Luke Morgan, Owen Watkin, Keiran Williams,Ryan Conbeer, Dan Edwards, Reuben Morgan-Williams (100), Gareth Thomas, DewiLake, Tom Botha, James Ratti, Adam Beard, Jac Morgan (CAPT), Justin Tipuric, MorganMorris

Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Garyn Phillips, Ben Warren, Huw Sutton, HarriDeaves, Luke Davies, Phil Cokanasiga, Max Nagy

Ospreys HeadCoach Toby Booth, said: “The Stormers are a big, physical team that play aslightly different game to the other South African teams. They play positive,have good athletes and will try to stretch you by keeping the game quick.

“It’s going tobe a defensive challenge for us, which is similar to what we had out there (inthe away fixture last season). The good thing is that we’ve experienced it andcame away with a win in that type of game, so we’ll be looking to do thatagain.”

DHL Stormers: Damian Willemse,Suleiman Hartzenberg, Ruhan Nel, Dan du Plessis (CAPT), Leolin Zas, JurieMatthee, Paul de Wet, Sti Sithole, Joseph Dweba, Neethling Fouche, JDSchickerling, Ruben van Heerden, Marcel Theunissen, David Ewers, Keke Morabe

Replacements: Andre-HugoVenter, Leon Lyons, Brok Harris, Adre Smith, Ben-Jason Dixon, Stefan Ungerer, Jean-Lucdu Plessis, Angelo Davids

DHL StormersDirector of Rugby John Dobson said that his side is determined to make it a strongstart to their campaign.