URC team news headlines

#MUNvEDI

• Alex Nankivell returns from injury and starts on his first appearance since December for Munster
• Magnus Bradbury returns to Edinburgh Rugby starting XV

#ZEBvDRA

• Luca Bigi captains Zebre Parma
• Ashton Hewitt makes his return for Dragons RFC for the first time since December 2023

#LIOvSHA

• Centre Rynhardt Jonker returns on the bench for Emirates Lions

• Springbok scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse returns to the starting XV for Hollywoodbets Sharks

#BULvSTO

• Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White makes one change to team with Akker van der Merwe brought into the side
• Four players from Paarl Boys in DHL Stormers match 23 and three from Grey College

#LEIvCAR

• First year Academy scrum-half Oliver Coffey and former Connacht prop Ivan Soroka, who is the older brother of flanker Alex Soroka, are in line for their Leinster debuts off the bench
• Rory Thornton makes his first start of the season in the second-row for Cardiff

#ULSvSCA

• Conor McKee makes his senior Ulster debut starting at scrum-half with Matthew Dalton making his first start since rejoining his boyhood province and Sam Crean in line for debut from the bench
• Home-grown back Macs Page, who has signed his first senior Scarlets contract, is named on the wing

#CONvBEN

• Finn Treacy makes his first start on the wing for Connacht while Dylan Tierney-Martin will make his 50th appearance for his native province if called upon from the bench
• Jacob Umaga and Riccardo Favretto set to make their 50th appearance for Benetton if called upon from the bench

#GLAvOSP

• Adam Hastings returns from injury to start at full-back  for Glasgow Warriors in place of injured Josh McKay
• Justin Tipuric is set to captain Ospreys in the absence of Jac Morgon who is in Welsh camp