The teams for Friday night’s Round 4 fixtures of the United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.
#ULSvLIO
- Ulster have named an unchanged starting XV from their win against Benetton last Friday.
- Reinhard Nothnagel and Sibusiso Sangweni earn their first start in the URC for Emirates Lions
#DRAvSTO
- Welsh international Ross Moriarty captains Dragons from a back row that includes Taine Basham and Aaron Wainwright
- Junior Pokomela will make his DHL Stormers debut. Edwill van der Merwe will play his last game for the DHL Stormers before joining Emirates Lions next month.
FRIDAY, 15th OCTOBER
Ulster Rugby v Emirates Lions
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA & SA
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 56th league game)
AR 1: Robert O’Sullivan (IRFU) AR 2: Dermot Blake (IRFU)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)
Live on: BBC NI, RTÉ 2, Premier Sports 1, Super Sport & URC TV.
Ulster Rugby: Will Addison, Craig Gilroy, James Hume, Stewart Moore, Ethan McIlroy, Billy Burns, Nathan Doak, Andrew Warwick, Rob Herring, Tom O’Toole, Alan O’Connor, Sam Carter (CAPT), Matty Rea, Nick Timoney, David McCann.
Replacements: Brad Roberts, Eric O’Sullivan, Ross Kane, Kieran Treadwell, Sean Reidy, David Shanahan, Mike Lowry, Ben Moxham.
Emirates Lions: Divan Roussouw, Stean Pienaar,Manuel Rass , Megiel Burger Odendaal (CAPT),Sibahle Maxwane ,EW Viljoen, Andre Warner, Sti Sithole, Gerrit Visagie, Carlu Sadie, Ruben Schoeman, Reinhard Nothnagel, Sibusiso Sangweni, Vincent Tshituka, Ruhan Straeuli
Replacements: Pieter Jacobus Botha, Ruan Dreyer, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Wilhelm van der Sluys, Emmanuel Tshituka, Morne van den Berg, Frederik Zeilinga, Wandisile Simelane.
Emirates Lions Head Coach Ivan van Rooyen said: “We felt our performance against Glasgow Warriors last week was a much better one. There were quite a few aspects we felt were very good and that’s the kind of momentum we want to take into the Ulster game. This is the final game of our 4-week tour so naturally we want to end on a high,”
Dragons Rugby v DHL Stormers
Rodney Parade, Newport – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA & SA
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR, 11th league game)
AR 1: Gwyn Morris (WRU) AR 2: Ben Breakspear (WRU)
TMO: Emanuele Tomo (FIR)
Live on: BBC Wales, SuperSport, Premier Sports 2 & URC TV.
Dragons Rugby: Jordan Williams, Jonah Holmes, Jack Dixon, Aneurin Owen, Jordan Olowofela, Sam Davies, Gonzalo Bertranou, Greg Bateman, Elliot Dee, Mesake Doge, Will Rowlands, Ben Carter, Ross Moriarty (CAPT), Taine Basham, Aaron Wainwright.
Replacements: Taylor Davies, Aki Seiuli, Chris Coleman, Joe Davies, Joe Maksymiw, Ollie Griffiths, Rhodri Williams, Josh Lewis.
DHL Stormers: Warrick Gelant, Leolin Zas, Ruhan Nel, Dan du Plessis, Edwill van der Merwe, Manie Libbok, Stefan Ungerer, Brok Harris, Scarra Ntubeni, Neethling Fouche, Ernst van Rhyn, Salmaan Moerat (CAPT), Junior Pokomela, Willie Engelbrecht, Evan Roos.
Replacements: JJ Kotze, Kwenzo Blose, Sazi Sandi, Justin Basson, Marcel Theunissen, Paul de Wet, Tim Swiel, Juan de Jongh.
DHL Stormers Head Coach John Dobson said: “We have been competitive in every game on this tour and we want to end it with our best performance yet. We know it will take 80 minutes of accurate execution against a tough Dragons side, but the team is excited to give it a full crack. We have some talented players coming in this week and we are looking forward to seeing what they can do out there,”
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