URC Round 4 Team Sheets

The teams for Friday night’s Round 4 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.

TEAM NEWS HEADLINES

#ZEBvSHA

• Italian international Luca Morisi, could make his Zebre Parma debut if called upon from the bench
• Boeta Chamberlain comes into Hollywoodbets Sharks starting line-up in place of Curwin Bosch

#CARvBUL

• Willis Halaholo will make his 100th appearance for Cardiff Rugby
• Mpilo Gumede will make his debut for Vodacom Bulls 

#ULSvMUN

• Rob Herring is in line to break the all-time Ulster appearance record with 230, if he comes on from bench
• Fineen Wycherley starts on his 100th appearance for Munster

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10

Zebre Parma v Hollywoodbets Sharks

Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma – KO 17.30 IRE & UK / 18.30  ITA / 19.30 SA

Referee: Peter Martin (IRFU, 2nd league game)

AR 1: Riccardo Angelucci (FIR) AR 2: Filippo Bertili (FIR)

TMO: Mark Patton (IRFU)

Live on: Sky Italia, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Zebre Parma: Geronimo Prisciantelli, Jacopo Trulla, Fetuli Paea, Enrico Lucchin, Simone Gesi, Tiff Eden, Gonzalo Garcia, Danilo Fischetti, Luca Bigi, Juan Pitinari, David Sisi, Leonard Krumov, Luca Andreani, Lacopo Bianchi, Giovanni Licata (CAPT)

Replacements: Giampietro Ribaldi, Luca Rizzoli, Muhamed Hasa, Matteo Canali, Davide Ruggeri, Alessandro Fusco, Luca Morisi, Taina Fox-Matamua

Hollywoodbets Sharks: Aphelele Fassi, Werner Kok, Francois Venter (CAP), Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Boeta Chamberlain, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Dylan Richardson, Coenie Oosthuizen, Corne Rahl, Emile van Heerden, James Venter, Phepsi Buthelezi, George Cronje, Cameron Wright

Replacements: Daniel Jooste, Khwezi Mona, Hanro Jacobs, Hyron Andrews, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Zee Mkhabela, Lionel Cronje, Marnus Potgieter

Zebre Parma Head coach Fabio Roselli said: “The match with Hollywoodbets Sharks will be another important test for our physicality and conquest. We will reunite our captain and some important players who will add experience to the team. We also expect more consistency in the defensive phase. The return of Tiff Eden allows us to try a set-up already experimented several times last season, with Geronimo Prisciantelli at fullback. We are happy to have Morisi available, with the possibility of seeing him make his debut with Zebre”.

Cardiff Rugby v Vodacom Bulls

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35  ITA / 21.35 SA

Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 37th league game)

AR 1: Tom Spurrier (WRU) AR 2: Steff Edwards (WRU)

TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)

Live on: BBC Wales, SuperSport, Viaplay, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Cardiff Rugby: J Beetham, H Millard, R Lee-Lo, W Halaholo, M Grady, T de Beer, T Williams, C Domachowski, E Daniel, R Litterick, T Williams, R Thornton, A Mann, E Jenkins (CAP), L Timani.

Replacements: E Lloyd, R Carré, W Davies-King, S Davies, T Young, E Bevan, A Robson, C Winnett

Vodacom Bulls: Devon Williams, Sebastian de Klerk, Stedman Gans, David Kriel, Sergeal Petersen, Chris Smith, Embrose Papier,Simphiwe Matanzima, Akker van der Merwe, Wilco Louw, Reinhardt Ludwig, Janko Swanepoel, Nizaam Carr (CAP), Cyle Brink, Mpilo Gumede

Replacements: Johan Grobbelaar, Gerhard Steenekamp, Mornay Smith, Ruan Nortje, Elrigh Louw, Keagan Johannes, Johan Goosen, Cameron Hanekom

Cardiff Rugby Head Coach, Matt Sherratt Said: “It means a lot to us as a club every time someone reaches one of those milestones. If you look at some of the big moments and big wins over the last six or seven years, Willis has been there. He has been a brilliant player for the club and a brilliant person for the club as well. When he appeared against the Ospreys in pre-season, he hadn’t played for 360 days. It’s a bit of an emotional one. It’s great to see him back on the field, playing with his mates and getting to 100 games. He has shown a huge amount of resilience and fought for his career. It’s also good to have the international boys back, they obviously bring a lot of quality and experience, which provides a significant boost for what will be a big test. The Vodacom Bulls are a quality outfit with an obvious power game but they also have threats all over the pitch, which we will need to negate. However, we are looking forward to the challenge and a return to Friday night rugby at Cardiff Arms Park.”

Ulster v Munster

Kingspan Stadium, Belfast – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35  ITA / 21.35 SA

Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU, 79th league game)

AR 1: Robbie Jenkinson (IRFU) AR 2: Paul Haycock (IRFU)

TMO: Brian McNeice (IRFU)

Live on: BBC NI, RTÉ, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Ulster: Ethan McIlroy, Rob Baloucoune, Stewart Moore, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Billy Burns, Nathan Doak, Eric O’Sullivan, Tom Stewart (CAP), Greg McGrath, Cormac Izuchukwu, Kieran Treadwell, David McCann, Marcus Rea, Nick Timoney

Replacements: Rob Herring, Callum Reid, Scott Wilson, Iain Henderson, Dave Ewers, John Cooney, Jake Flannery, Jude Postlethwaite

Munster: Shane Daly, Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Alex Nankivell, Seán O’Brien, Jack Crowley, Craig Casey, Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron (CAP), John Ryan, Edwin Edogbo, Fineen Wycherley; Alex Kendellen, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes

Replacements: Scott Buckley, Josh Wycherley, Stephen Archer, Tom Ahern, Brian Gleeson, Paddy Patterson, Rory Scannell, Ben O’Connor