URC Round 5 Team Sheets

The teams for Friday night’s Round 5 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.

TEAM NEWS HEADLINES

#EDIvBUL

• 66-times capped Scotland international Ali Price is set for his Edinburgh Rugby debut if called upon from the bench
• Jaco van der Walt to make his Vodacom Bulls debut if called upon from the bench

#ULSvLIO

• Lorcan McLoughlin in line to make his debut for Ulster if called upon from bench
• Ruben Schoeman runs out for his 50th appearance for the Emirates Lions

#ZEBvCAR

• Four changes to Zebre Parma match day squad
• Cardiff Rugby Liam Belcher returns to captain the side

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Edinburgh Rugby v Vodacom Bulls

Hive Stadium, Edinburgh – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 21.35 SA

Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU, 34th league game)

AR 1: Ru Campbell (SRU) AR 2: Michael Todd (SRU)

TMO: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

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

Edinburgh Rugby: Blair Kinghorn, Wes Goosen, Mark Bennett, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben Healy, Ben Vellacott (C-CAPT), Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman, WP Nel, Glen Young, Grant Gilchrist (C-CAPT), Jamie Ritchie, Connor Boyle, Viliame Mata

Replacements: Dave Cherry, Boan Venter, Javan Sebastian, Marshall Sykes, Tom Dodd, Ali Price, Cammy Scott, Chris Dean

Vodacom Bulls: Devon Williams, Sebastian de Klerk, Stedman Gans, David Kriel, Sergeal Petersen, Johan Goosen, Embrose Papier, Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar, Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, Ruan Nortje (C.CAPT), Marcell Coetzee (C.CAPT), Elrigh Louw, Cameron Hanekom

Replacements: Simphiwe Matanzima, Jan-Hendrik Wessels,  Mornay Smith, Reinhardt Ludwig, Nizaam Carr, Keagan Johannes, Jaco van der Walt, Cyle Brink

Ulster v Emirates Lions

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

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 38th league game)

AR 1: Frank Murphy (IRFU) AR 2: Padraic Reidy (IRFU)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Live on: BBC NI, TG4, Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Ulster: Stewart Moore, Rob Baloucoune, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Jake Flannery, Nathan Doak, Andrew Warwick, Rob Herring, Scott Wilson, Alan O’Connor, Iain Henderson (CAPT), Dave Ewers, Reuben Crothers, David McCann

Replacements: John Andrew, Eric O’Sullivan, Marty Moore, Harry Sheridan, Lorcan McLoughlin, John Cooney, Billy Burns, Mike Lowry

Emirates Lions: Quan Horn, Richard Kriel, Henco van Wyk, Marius Louw (CAPT), Edwill van der Merwe, Sanele Nohamba, Morne van den Berg, Corne Fourie, PJ Botha, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Ruben Schoeman, Willem Alberts, Hanru Sirgel, Emmanuel Tshituka, Francke Horn

Replacements: Jaco Visagie, JP Smith, Ruan Smith, Ruan Delport, Ruan Venter, JC Pretorius, Jordan Hendrikse, Rabz Maxwane

Ulster Skills Coach Craig Newby said: “We know the Emirates Lions have a big tough pack, and lots of good skilful players. We’re lucky to be back again this Friday night in front of our supporters at Kingspan Stadium, so hopefully the crowd can bring us home.”

Emirates Lions Assistant Coach Barend Pieterse said : “The big thing that we spoke about during the past four weeks is more calmness when we get into the scoring zone. Our work rate in general wasn’t what we wanted in the opening game, but if you look at the last game, every individual worked very hard, and it just came together for us. We need to make sure our basics is good. The guys know the environment that we are going into is harsh. The weather outside is cold, it’s raining, and the stadium will be sold out again, but everyone is ready for what we expect, and we just have to keep our basics simple. It doesn’t help against a classy team like Ulster if we start doing funny things like play from own try-line.”

Zebre Parma v Cardiff Rugby

Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma  – KO 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35  ITA / 21.35 SA

Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 75th league game)

AR 1: Clara Munarini (FIR) AR 2: Alberto Favaro (FIR)

TMO: Colin Stanley (IRFU)

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

Zebre Parma: Lorenzo Pani, Jacopo Trulla, Luca Morisi, Enrico Lucchin, Simone Gesi, Geronimo Prisciantelli, Alessandro Fusco, Danilo Fischetti, Luca Bigi, Juan Pitinari, David Sisi, Andrea Zambonin, Giacomo Ferrari, Iacopo Bianchi, Giovanni Licata (CAPT)

Replacements: Marco Manfredi, Luca Rizzoli, Muhamed Hasa, Leonard Krumov, Davide Ruggeri, Gonzalo Garcia, Scott Gregory, Guido Volpi

Cardiff Rugby: C Winnett, H Millard, R Lee-Lo, B Thomas, M Grady, T de Beer, T Williams, R Carré, L Belcher (CAPT), R Litterick, S Davies, T Williams, A Mann, E Jenkins, L Timani

Replacements: E Daniel, C Domachowski, W Davies-King, R Thornton, T Young, E Bevan, W Halaholo, J Beetham

Zebre Parma Head Coach Fabio Roselli said: “The challenge with Cardiff comes in the perfect time. It is the best team to test once again our discipline and defence which were fundamental in our win with Sharks last week. Cardiff is a very solid and well organised team but we have built a clear strategy that we believe will work. In the first four rounds we have scored nine points: Friday night’s game becomes very important because it gives us the opportunity to continue climbing the league table”