The Teams for Friday’s Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup Round 2 fixtures have been confirmed and are listed below alongside live TV Broadcast information
TEAM NEWS HEADLINES
#ZEBvBEN
- Johan Meyer will make his 100th appearance for Zebre Rugby Club
- Edoardo Padovani replaces Sarto in the only change to the Benetton team that beat Glasgow Warriors in Round 1 while Ratuva Tavuyara returns available and starts from the bench
#GLAvEDI
- One day after Zander Fagerson was called up to the British & Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa, he will play his 100th game for Glasgow Warriors
- Richard Cockerill names a strong team that includes Duhan van der Merwe who was called up to the British & Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa
#MUNvULS
- Munster make eight changes to the side that beat Leinster in Round 1 with JJ Hanrahan, Chris Cloete and Gavin Coombes among them
- Iain Henderson captains Ulster a day on from his selection for his second British & Irish Lions tour
Friday, May 7
Zebre Rugby v Benetton Rugby
At Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma, 7pm
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 13th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Manuel Bottino, Riccardo Angelucci (both FIR)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)
Live on DAZN, Premier Sports 2, eir Sport 2, Super Sport, ESPN+ (USA), pro14.tv.
Zebre Rugby Club: Michelangelo Biondelli, Pierre Bruno, Federico Mori,Tommaso Boni CAPT), Gabriele Di Giulio, Paolo Pescetto, Nicolò Casilio, Danilo Fischetti, Luca Bigi, Eduardo Bello, David Sisi, Ian Nagle, Potu Junior Leavasa, Johan Meyer, Renato Giammarioli.
Replacements: Oliviero Fabiani, Paolo Buonfiglio, Matteo Nocera, Leonard Krumov, Iacopo Bianchi, Guglielmo Palazzani, Carlo Canna, Enrico Lucchin.
Benetton Rugby: Jayden Hayward, Edoardo Padovani, Ignacio Brex, Marco Zanon, Monty Ioane, Paolo Garbisi, Dewaldt Duvenage (CAPT), Thomas Gallo, Corniel Els, Filippo Alongi, Niccolò Cannone, Federico Ruzza, Riccardo Favretto, Michele Lamaro, Toa Halafihi
Substitutions: Gianmarco Lucchesi, Ivan Nemer, Marco Riccioni, Irné Herbst, Sebastian Negri, Manuel Zuliani, Callum Braley, Ratuva Tavuyara
Munster Rugby v Ulster Rugby
At Thomond Park, Limerick, 8.15pm.
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 21st competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sean Gallagher, Rob O’Sullivan (both IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
Live on Premier Sports 2, eir Sport 1, Super Sport, ESPN+ (USA), pro14.tv.
Deferred: TG4 22:30 Saturday
Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O’Mahony (CAPT), Chris Cloete, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Jeremy Loughman, Roman Salanoa, Jean Kleyn, CJ Stander, Nick McCarthy, Ben Healy, Damian de Allende.
Ulster: Jacob Stockdale, Rob Lyttle, Will Addison, Stuart McCloskey, Ethan McIlroy, Michael Lowry, Alby Mathewson; Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Tom O’Toole, Alan O’Connor, Iain Henderson (CAPT), Jordi Murphy, Marcus Rea, David McCann.
Replacements: Rob Herring, Callum Reid, Marty Moore, Sam Carter, Nick Timoney, David Shanahan, Angus Curtis, James Hume.
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby
At Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, 8.15pm.
Referee: Adam Jones (WRU, 11th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White, Finaly Brown (both SRU)
TMO: Hollie Davidson (SRU)
Live on Premier Sports 1, eir Sport 2, Super Sport, ESPN+ (USA), pro14.tv.
Glasgow Warriors: Cole Forbes, Ratu Tagive, Nick Grigg, Stafford McDowall, Kyle Steyn, Ross Thompson, Ali Price; Oli Kebble, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Rob Harley, Scott Cummings, Fotu Lokotui, Thomas Gordon, Ryan Wilson (C)
Replacements: George Turner, Tom Lambert, Enrique Pieretto, Richie Gray, Kiran McDonald, George Horne, Pete Horne, Niko Matawalu.
Edinburgh: Damien Hoyland, Eroni Sau, Mark Bennett, George Taylor, Duhan van der Merwe, Nathan Chamberlain, Henry Pyrgos; Pierre Schoeman (CO-CAPT), David Cherry, WP Nel, Jamie Hodgson, Grant Gilchrist (CO-CAPT), Jamie Ritchie, Luke Crosbie, Viliame Mata.
Replacements: Stuart McInally, Boan Venter, Lee-Roy Atalifo, Marshall Sykes, Mesu Kunavula, Charlie Shiel, Charlie Savala, James Johnstone.
