Round 12 of the United Rugby Championship (URC) takes place this weekend with two games on Friday night and six on Saturday including back-to-back South African derbies.
On Friday, Munster will play Edinburgh at Virgin Media Park in Cork, followed by a basement duel between Zebre Parma and Dragons at Stadio Lanfranchi in Parma.
On Saturday, the Lions and Sharks and Bulls and Stormers will face off before Leinster v Cardiff, Ulster v Scarlets, Connacht v Benetton, and Glasgow v Ospreys.
Jack Boyle, a recently capped Ireland prop, starts for Leinster, while JP du Preez is set to make his Warriors debut after missing 650 days with a long-term knee injury.
See below for URC team news.
Friday
Munster v Edinburgh
Munster: 15 Ben O’Connor, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, and 11 Shay McCarthy. 10. Billy Burns, 9 Ethan Coughlan; 8 Brian Gleeson; 7 John Hodnett; 6 Tom Ahern; 5 Fineen Wycherley; 4 Evan O’Connell; 3 John Ryan; 2 Niall Scannell (c); 1 Josh Wycherley.
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Ruadhán Quinn, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Tony Butler, and 23 Seán O’Brien
Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Matt Currie, 13 James Lang, 12 Mosese Tuipulotu, 11 Ross McCann, 10 Ross Thompson, and 9 Ben Vellacott (c). Eight Magnus Bradbury, seven Ben Muncaster, six Luke Crosbie, five Sam Skinner, four Marshall Sykes, three Paul Hill, two Ewan Ashman, and one Boan Venter.
Replacements: Paddy Harrison (16), Robin Hislop (17), D’arcy Rae (18), Glen Young (19), Hamish Watson (20). 21 Ali Price, 22 Cammy Scott, and 23 Mark Bennett
Venue: Virgin Media Park in Cork.
Kickoff: 19:35 GMT.
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR).
Assistant referees: Andrew Cole (IRFU) and Chris Lough (IRFU).
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR).
Live on: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby, and URC.tv.
Zebre Parma against Dragons
Zebre Parma: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Scott Gregory, and 13 Fetuli Paea. 12. Damiano Mazza, 11. Simone Gesi, Replacements: 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Giovanni Licata, 7 Bautista Stavile, 6 Giacomo Ferrari, 5 Leonard Krumov, 4 Rusiate Nasove, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Luca Bigi (c), and 1 Muhamed Hasa. 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Juan Pitinari, 19 Matteo Canali, 20 Davide Ruggeri, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Giovanni Montemauri, and 23 Jacopo Trulla.
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