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URC Round 6 Team Sheets

The teams for Friday night’s Round 6 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.

TEAM NEWS HEADLINES

#CARvSTO

  • Ellis Jenkins will make his 100th appearance for Cardiff Rugby
  • Brok Harris ties Steven Kitshoff as the most-capped DHL Stormers player making his 136th appearance. Stefan Ungerer, Nama Xaba and Lee-Marvin Mazibuko make their first starts of the season

#EDIvBEN

  • Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie will become Edinburgh Rugby’s 40th centurion as he makes his 100th appearance for the club
  • Malakai Fekitoa starts for Benetton at outside centre

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Cardiff Rugby v DHL Stormers

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

Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU, 10th league game)

AR 1: Dewi Phillips (WRU) AR 2: Carwyn Williams (WRU)

TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)

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

Cardiff Rugby: Cam Winnett, Harri Millard, Willis Halaholo, Ben Thomas, Mason Grady, Tinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan, Corey Domachowski, Liam Belcher (CAPT), Will Davies-King, Seb Davies, Rory Thornton, Alex Mann, Ellis Jenkins, Lopeti Timani

Replacements: Evan Lloyd, Rhys Carré, Rhys Litterick, Josh Turnbull, Mackenzie Martin, Jamie Hill, Jacob Beetham, Gabriel Hamer-Webb

 

DHL Stormers: Clayton Blommetjies, Courtnall Skosan, Ruhan Nel, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Ben Loader, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Stefan Ungerer, Brok Harris (CAPT), Andre-Hugo Venter, Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, Adre Smith, Ruben van Heerden, Nama Xaba, Willie Engelbrecht, Marcel Theunissen

Replacements: Scarra Ntubeni, Sti Sithole, Neethling Fouche, Connor Evans, Hendre Stassen, Keke Morabe, Herschel Jantjies, Warrick Gelant

Cardiff Rugby Head Coach Matt Sherratt said: “We were disappointed with the draw last week and felt the players deserved more. However, that’s sport and you do not always get what you deserve. Given the manner in which the game finished, the boys have been chomping at the bit to get back on the pitch. We have fond memories of facing the DHL Stormers at the Arms Park a year ago and are hoping for another good Friday night crowd with a great atmosphere. The DHL Stormers are a quality team and they will be determined to finish their four games on the road with a victory. They play a really high risk, high reward game, which will put pressure on us and test our skill-set so we will need to be really accurate. We are all really looking forward to the challenge and will do everything possible to give our home crowd something to get behind and hopefully celebrate.”

 

DHL Stormers Head Coach John Dobson said: “We are really excited to see how the players coming in go this week. It has been a long tour and this is a crucial game for us. We know that we face a big challenge at Cardiff Arms Park, but it is one we are looking forward to taking on.”

Edinburgh Rugby v Benetton

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

Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU, 5th league game)

AR 1: Ian Kenny (SRU) AR 2: David Sutherland (SRU)

TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

 

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

Edinburgh Rugby: Blair Kinghorn, Wes Goosen, Matt Currie, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben Healy, Ali Price, Pierre Schoeman, Dave Cherry, WP Nel, Glen Young, Grant Gilchrist (CAPT), Jamie Ritchie, Connor Boyle, Luke Crosbie

Replacements: Ewan Ashman, Boan Venter, Angus Williams, Marshall Sykes, Tom Dodd, Ben Vellacott, Tim Swiel, Chris Dean

 

Benetton: Rhyno Smith, Paolo Odogwu, Malakai Fekitoa, Marco Zanon, Ignacio Mendy, Jacob Umaga, Andy Uren , Thomas Gallo, Giacomo Nicotera, Giosuè Zilocchi, Edoardo Iachizzi, Eli Snyman, Alessandro Izekor, Michele Lamaro (CAPT), Lorenzo Cannone

Replacements: Bautista Bernasconi, Mirco Spagnolo, Tiziano Pasquali, Riccardo Favretto, Toa Halafihi, Henry Time-Stowers, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Giacomo Da Re

Benetton Head Coach Marco Bortolami said: “The match in Edinburgh will in many ways be quite similar to the one played against Glasgow. They are a team that bases their game on set pieces, scrums, touche and in these phases it will be a very important clash to have dominion over the control of the pitch and game situations.”

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