The line ups for this weekends matches
Friday 8th Sept 2017
Leinster: 15. Rob Kearney 14. Adam Byrne 13. Rory O’Loughlin 12. Isa Nacewa 11. Jordan Larmour 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath 1. Cian Healy 2. James Tracy 3. Michael Bent 4. Devin Toner 5. Scott Fardy 6. Rhys Ruddock 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan
Replacements: 16. Seán Cronin 17. Ed Byrne 18. Andrew Porter 19. Mick Kearney 20. Dan Leavy 21. Nick McCarthy 22. Cathal Marsh 23. Barry Daly
Blues: 15 Rhun Williams, 14 A Cuthbert, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Tom James, 10 Steve Shingler, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Turnbull, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Seb Davies, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 1 Rhys Gill
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 James Down, 20 Sion Bennett, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Matthew Morgan
Kick off 19:35 Live on TG4 & Skysports
Edinburgh: 15. Blair Kinghorn 14. Damien Hoyland 13. Chris Dean 12. Robbie Fruean 11. Jason Harries 10. Duncan Weir 9. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 1. Michele Rizzo 2. Stuart McInally 3. WP Nel 4. Ben Toolis 5. Grant Gilchrist 6. Jamie Ritchie 7. Hamish Watson 8. Magnus Bradbury
Replacements: 16. Ross Ford 17. Darryl Marfo 18. Simon Berghan 19. Fraser McKenzie 20. Cornell du Preez 21. Nathan Fowles 22. Jason Tovey 23. Junior Rasolea
Dragons: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Tyler Morgan 12, Sam Beard, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Gavin Henson, 9 Charlie Davies; 1 Brok Harris, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Leon Brown, 4 Rynard Landman, 5 Cory Hill ©, 6 James Thomas, 7 James Benjamin, 8 Harrison Keddie.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Phil Price, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Max Williams, 21 Owain Leonard, 22 Angus O’Brien, 23 Adam Hughes.
Kick off 19:35 Live on BBC Alba
Saturday 9th Sept 2017
Glasgow: 15. Ruaridh Jackson 14. Lee Jones 13. Alex Dunbar 12. Peter Horne 11. Rory Hughes 10. Finn Russell 9. Ali Price 1. Jamie Bhatti 2. George Turner 3. Zander Fagerson 4. Tim Swinson 5. Scott Cummings 6. Ryan Wilson 7. Callum Gibbins 8. Adam Ashe
Replacements: 16: Pat MacArthur 17. Oli Kebble 18. D'arcy Rae 19. Brian Alainu’uese 20. Matt Fagerson 21. Henry Pyrgos 22. Nick Grigg 23. Leonardo Sarto
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans 14 Keelan Giles 13 Kieron Fonotia 12 Cory Allen 11 Jeff Hassler 10 Sam Davies 9 Tom Habberfield 1 Paul James 2 Sam Parry 3 Ma’afu Fia 4 Bradley Davies 5 Lloyd Ashley 6 Olly Cracknell 7 Justin Tipuric (Capt) 8 James King
Replacements: 16 Scott Otten 17 Nicky Smith 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Adam Beard 20 Guy Mercer 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams 22 James Hook 23 Jay Baker
Kick off 15:15 Live on Skysports
Munster: 15. Andrew Conway, 14. Darren Sweetnam, 13. Chris Farrell,12. Jaco Taute, 11. Alex Wootton; 10. Ian Keatley, 9. Duncan Williams; 1. Liam O’Connor, 2. Rhys Marshall, 3. Stephen Archer; 4. Jean Kleyn, 5. Billy Holland – capt.; 6. Sean O’Connor, 7. Tommy O’Donnell, 8. Jack O’Donoghue.
Replacements: 16. Niall Scannell, 17. Dave Kilcoyne, 18. John Ryan, 19. Fineen Wycherley, 20. Robin Copeland, 21. James Hart, 22. Rory Scannell, 23. Simon Zebo.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies 14 Sergeal Petersen 13 Francois Venter (Captain) 12 William Small-Smith 11 Makazole Mapimpi 10 Robbie Petzer 9 Shaun Venter 1 Charles Marais 2 Jacques du Toit 3 Johan Coetzee 4 Rynier Bernardo 5 Reniel Hugo 6 Paul Schoeman 7 Henco Venter 8 Niell Jordaan
Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld 17 Ox Nche 18 Tom Botha 19 Armandt Koster 20 Gerhard Olivier 21 Tian Meyer 22 Ali Mgijima 23 Ryno Benjamin
Kick off 17:15 Live on TG4
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Alberto Sgarbi (C), 12 Tommaso Allan, 11 Tommaso Benvenuti, 10 Ian McKinley, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 1 Federico Zani, 2 Luca Bigi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Marco Lazzaroni, 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Francesco Minto, 7 Sebastian Negri, 8 Whetu Douglas,
Replacements: 16 Engjel Makelara, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Marco Barbini, 20 Abraham Steyn, 21 Giorgio Bronzini, 22 Edoardo Gori, 23 Marco Zanon
Ulster: 15. Louis Ludik. 14. Andrew Trimble (Captain), 13. Tommy Bowe, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. Jacob Stockdale, 10. Christian Lealiifano, 9. John Cooney, 1. Callum Black, 2. Rob Herring, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 4. Robbie Diack, 5. Kieran Treadwell, 6. Matthew Rea, 7. Sean Reidy, 8. Jean Deysel;
Replacements : 16. John Andrew, 17. Andrew Warwick, 18. Rodney Ah You, 19. Peter Browne, 20. Chris Henry, 21. David Shanahan, 22. Peter Nelson, 23. Luke Marshall.
Kick off 18:05 Live on BBC Northern Ireland
Connacht: 15. Tiernan O’Halloran, 14. Darragh Leader, 13. Tom Farrell, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Matt Healy, 10. Jack Carty, 9. Kieran Marmion, 1. Denis Buckley, 2. Tom McCartney, 3. Finlay Bealham, 4. Ultan Dillane, 5. James Cannon, 6. Sean O’Brien, 7. Jarrad Butler, 8. John Muldoon
Replacements: 16. Dave Heffernan, 17. Denis Coulson, 18. Conor Carey, 19. Quinn Roux, 20. Eoghan Masterson, 21. Caolin Blade, 22. Steve Crosbie, 23. Eoin Griffin.
Southern Kings: 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Luzuko Vulindlu, 11 Sibusiso Sithole, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Andisa Ntsila, 7 Victor Sekekete, 6 Khay Majola, 5 Dries van Schalkwyk, 4 Jurie van Vuuren, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Michael Willemse (captain), 1 Schalk Ferreira.
Replacements: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Luvuyo Pupuma, 18 Martin Dreyer / Entienne Swanepoel, 19 Bobby de Wee, 20 Siyabulela Mdaka, 21 Rudi van Rooyen, 22 Oliver Zono, 23 Jacques Nel.
Kick off 19:35 TG4
Zebre: 15 Ciaran Gaffney 14 Giulio Bisegni 13 Tommaso Boni 12 Tommaso Castello (cap) 11 Giovanni D’Onofrio 10 Carlo Canna 9 Guglielmo Palazzani 1 Andrea Lovotti 2 Tommaso D’Apice 3 Dario Chistolini 4 David Sisi 5 Valerio Bernabò 6 Jacopo Sarto 7 Johan Meyer 8 Giovanni Licata
Replacements : 16 Oliviero Fabiani 17 Andrea De Marchi 18 Roberto Tenga 19 George Biagi 20 Derick Minnie 21 Marcello Violi 22 Serafin Bordoli 23 Mattia Bellini
Scarlets: 15 Johnny Mcnicholl, 14 Tom Grabham, 13 Hadleigh Parkes, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Gareth Davies, 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Samson Lee, 4 David Bulbring, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 6 Aaron Shingler, 7 Will Boyde, 8 John Barclay ©
Replacements: 16. Emyr Phillips, 17. Wyn Jones, 18. Werner Kruger, 19. Tom Price, 20. Josh Macleod, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Rhys Jones, 23. Paul Asquith
Kick off 20:35 Live on SC4
