United Rugby Championship 2023 - Round 12 Team Announcements

Check out the teams ahead of the 12th round of United Rugby Championship, taking on Friday the 6th, Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th of January 2023.

Lineup for Dragons vs Bulls, Friday, January 6, 2023, Kickoff 08:35PM

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DRAGONS : 1. A. SEIULI 2. B. ROBERTS 3. C. COLEMAN 4. J. DAVIES 5. G. NOTT 6. S. LONSDALE 7. O. GRIFFITHS 8. R. MORIARTY 9. L. JONES 10. S. DAVIES 11. S. TOMKINSON 12. M. CLARK 13. S. HUGHES 14. R. DYER 15. J. WILLIAMS
16. B. COGHLAN 17. R. EVANS 18. L. FAIRBROTHER 19. H. TAYLOR 20. T. BASHAM 21. B. FRY 22. G. BERTRANOU 23. W. REED

6 changes in Dragons RFC starting XV :

6. LONSDALE → WAINWRIGHT

7. GRIFFITHS → BASHAM

10. DAVIES → HANRAHAN

11. TOMKINSON → HEWITT

12. CLARK → TOMKINSON

15. WILLIAMS → O'BRIEN

BULLS : 1. G. STEENEKAMP 2. J. GROBBELAAR 3. M. SMITH 4. R. VERMAAK 5. R. NORTJÉ 6. M. VAN STADEN 7. C. BRINK 8. E. LOUW 9. Z. BURGER 10. J. GOOSEN 11. D. KRIEL 12. H. VORSTER 13. W. SIMELANE 14. C. MOODIE 15. K. ARENDSE
16. B. DU PLESSIS 17. S. MATANZIMA 18. S. LOMBARD 19. J. SWANEPOEL 20. N. CARR 21. E. PAPIER 22. B. VAN DER LINDE 23. C. HENDRICKS

6 changes in Bulls starting XV :

1. STEENEKAMP → MATANZIMA

9. BURGER → VAN DER LINDE

10. GOOSEN → SMITH

11. KRIEL → ARENDSE

13. SIMELANE → HENDRICKS

15. ARENDSE → GOOSEN

→ Game sheet and stats for Dragons - Bulls

Lineup for Munster vs Lions, Friday, January 6, 2023, Kickoff 08:35PM

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MUNSTER : 1. J. WYCHERLEY 2. D. BARRON 3. R. SALANOA 4. J. KLEYN 5. G. COOMBES 6. J. O'DONOGHUE 7. J. HODNETT 8. A. KENDELLEN 9. P. PATTERSON 10. B. HEALY 11. S. DALY 12. R. SCANNELL 13. M. FEKITOA 14. L. COOMBES 15. M. HALEY
16. S. BUCKLEY 17. D. KILCOYNE 18. S. ARCHER 19. C. HURLEY 20. J. O'SULLIVAN 21. C. MURRAY 22. D. GOGGIN 23. P. CAMPBELL

10 changes in Munster Rugby starting XV :

1. WYCHERLEY → KILCOYNE

2. BARRON → SCANNELL

5. COOMBES → MCDONALD

7. HODNETT → KENDELLEN

8. KENDELLEN → COOMBES

10. HEALY → CROWLEY

11. DALY → EARLS

12. SCANNELL → FEKITOA

13. FEKITOA → FRISCH

14. COOMBES → DALY

LIONS : 1. J. SMITH 2. P. BOTHA 3. A. NTLABAKANYE 4. R. VENTER 5. D. LANDSBERG 6. J. CAIRNS 7. E. VAN HEERDEN 8. E. TSHITUKA 9. M. VAN DEN BERG 10. J. HENDRIKSE 11. E. VAN DER MERWE 12. M. LOUW 13. H. VAN WYK 14. S. PIENAAR 15. Q. HORN
16. M. VAN VUUREN 17. M. NAUDÉ 18. R. SMITH 19. W. ALBERTS 20. S. SANGWENI 21. A. WARNER 22. G. LOMBARD 23. M. RASS

5 changes in Lions Rugby starting XV :

4. VENTER → ALBERTS

5. LANDSBERG → JANSEN VAN VUREN

7. VAN HEERDEN → VENTER

9. VAN DEN BERG → NOHAMBA

14. PIENAAR → MAXWANE

→ Game sheet and stats for Munster - Lions

Lineup for Benetton vs Ulster, Saturday, January 7, 2023, Kickoff 02:00PM

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BENETTON : 1. F. ZANI 2. G. NICOTERA 3. S. FERRARI 4. N. CANNONE 5. F. RUZZA 6. S. NEGRI 7. M. LAMARO 8. L. CANNONE 9. A. GARBISI 10. T. ALBORNOZ 11. O. RATAVE 12. T. MENONCELLO 13. I. BREX 14. E. PADOVANI 15. R. SMITH
16. S. MAILE 17. C. TRAORÉ 18. T. PASQUALI 19. R. FAVRETTO 20. G. PETTINELLI 21. S. HIDALGO-CLYNE 22. J. UMAGA 23. M. ZANON

9 changes in Benetton Rugby starting XV :

1. ZANI → TRAORÉ

3. FERRARI → PASQUALI

4. CANNONE → SCRAFTON

7. LAMARO → ZULIANI

8. CANNONE → STOWERS

10. ALBORNOZ → UMAGA

12. MENONCELLO → BREX

13. BREX → MENONCELLO

15. SMITH → MINOZZI

ULSTER : 1. E. O'SULLIVAN 2. R. HERRING 3. J. TOOMAGA-ALLEN 4. K. TREADWELL 5. I. HENDERSON 6. G. JONES 7. S. REFFELL 8. N. TIMONEY 9. J. COONEY 10. B. BURNS 11. J. STOCKDALE 12. S. MCCLOSKEY 13. J. HUME 14. R. BALOUCOUNE 15. M. LOWRY
16. T. STEWART 17. R. SUTHERLAND 18. A. WARWICK 19. A. O'CONNOR 20. D. VERMEULEN 21. N. DOAK 22. S. MOORE 23. E. MCILROY

5 changes in Ulster Rugby starting XV :

1. O'SULLIVAN → SUTHERLAND

2. HERRING → STEWART

3. TOOMAGA-ALLEN → MOORE

8. TIMONEY → VERMEULEN

15. LOWRY → MOORE

→ Game sheet and stats for Benetton - Ulster

Lineup for Edinburgh vs Zebre, Saturday, January 7, 2023, Kickoff 04:00PM

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EDINBURGH : 1. B. VENTER 2. D. CHERRY 3. A. WILLIAMS 4. S. SKINNER 5. J. HODGSON 6. L. CROSBIE 7. C. BOYLE 8. N. HAINING 9. C. SHIEL 10. C. SAVALA 11. B. KINGHORN 12. C. HUTCHISON 13. M. BENNETT 14. J. BLAIN 15. H. PATERSON
16. P. HARRISON 17. N. AUTERAC 18. L. DE BRUIN 19. M. SYKES 20. V. MATA 21. B. VELLACOTT 22. J. VAN DER WALT 23. J. LANG

11 changes in Edinburgh Rugby starting XV :

2. CHERRY → CRUSE

3. WILLIAMS → NEL

5. HODGSON → GILCHRIST

6. CROSBIE → RITCHIE

7. BOYLE → CROSBIE

8. HAINING → MATA

9. SHIEL → PYRGOS

10. SAVALA → KINGHORN

11. KINGHORN → VAN DER MERWE

12. HUTCHISON → LANG

14. BLAIN → BOFFELLI

ZEBRE : 1. P. BUONFIGLIO 2. L. BIGI 3. M. NOCERA 4. D. VISSER 5. J. FURNO 6. G. FERRARI 7. M. PELSER 8. M. KVESIC 9. A. FUSCO 10. T. EDEN 11. S. GESI 12. E. LUCCHIN 13. T. BONI 14. P. BRUNO 15. J. TRULLA
16. J. DU TOIT 17. A. SANAVIA 18. M. HASA 19. L. KRUMOV 20. D. RUGGERI 21. R. JELIC 22. G. PRISCIANTELLI 23. F. SMITH

9 changes in Zebre Parma starting XV :

1. BUONFIGLIO → PITINARI

3. NOCERA → HASA

4. VISSER → UYS

7. PELSER → BIANCHI

8. KVESIC → FOX-MATAMUA

11. GESI → TRULLA

13. BONI → CRONJÉ

14. BRUNO → VAN WYK

15. TRULLA → PANI

→ Game sheet and stats for Edinburgh - Zebre

Lineup for Connacht vs Sharks, Saturday, January 7, 2023, Kickoff 06:15PM

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CONNACHT : 1. D. BUCKLEY 2. S. DELAHUNT 3. F. BEALHAM 4. O. DOWLING 5. D. MURRAY 6. J. MURPHY 7. C. OLIVER 8. S. HURLEY-LANGTON 9. K. MARMION 10. J. CARTY 11. M. HANSEN 12. C. FORDE 13. T. FARRELL 14. J. PORCH 15. T. O'HALLORAN
16. D. TIERNEY-MARTIN 17. J. DUGGAN 18. D. ROBERTSON-MCCOY 19. L. FIFITA 20. C. PRENDERGAST 21. C. BLADE 22. C. FITZGERALD 23. B. RALSTON

12 changes in Connacht Rugby starting XV :

1. BUCKLEY → DOOLEY

2. DELAHUNT → HEFFERNAN

3. BEALHAM → ROBERTSON-MCCOY

4. DOWLING → MURRAY

5. MURRAY → MURRAY

6. MURPHY → PRENDERGAST

7. OLIVER → HURLEY-LANGTON

8. HURLEY-LANGTON → BUTLER

9. MARMION → BLADE

11. HANSEN → PORCH

12. FORDE → HAWKSHAW

14. PORCH → KILGALLEN

SHARKS : 1. N. MCHUNU 2. F. MBATHA 3. C. SADIE 4. T. BHOLI 5. R. HUGO 6. J. VENTER 7. H. VENTER 8. M. GUMEDE 9. C. WRIGHT 10. N. FLEURS 11. M. POTGIETER 12. R. JANSE VAN RENSBURG 13. M. KOSTER 14. Y. PENXE 15. A. VOLMINK
16. K. VAN VUUREN 17. D. BLEULER 18. K. MCHUNU 19. O. BARNARD 20. C. RAHL 21. G. WILLIAMS 22. L. CRONJÉ 23. E. HOOKER

13 changes in Sharks starting XV :

1. MCHUNU → NCHÉ

2. MBATHA → MBONAMBI

3. SADIE → DU TOIT

4. BHOLI → ETZEBETH

5. HUGO → GROBLER

6. VENTER → KOLISI

8. GUMEDE → NOTSHE

9. WRIGHT → WILLIAMS

10. FLEURS → BOSCH

11. POTGIETER → MAPIMPI

13. KOSTER → AM

14. PENXE → POTGIETER

15. VOLMINK → CHAMBERLAIN

→ Game sheet and stats for Connacht - Sharks

Lineup for Cardiff vs Scarlets, Saturday, January 7, 2023, Kickoff 06:15PM

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CARDIFF : 1. R. CARRÉ 2. K. MYHILL 3. D. ARHIP 4. L. TIMANI 5. S. DAVIES 6. J. TURNBULL 7. T. YOUNG 8. T. FALETAU 9. T. WILLIAMS 10. J. EVANS 11. J. ADAMS 12. B. THOMAS 13. R. LEE-LO 14. O. LANE 15. L. WILLIAMS
16. E. DANIEL 17. C. DOMACHOWSKI 18. K. ASSIRATTI 19. T. WILLIAMS 20. E. JENKINS 21. L. WILLIAMS 22. R. PRIESTLAND 23. M. GRADY

2 changes in Cardiff Rugby starting XV :

2. MYHILL → BELCHER

3. ARHIP → DAVIES-KING

SCARLETS : 1. S. THOMAS 2. K. OWENS 3. J. SEBASTIAN 4. V. FIFITA 5. S. LOUSI 6. A. SHINGLER 7. D. DAVIS 8. C. TUIPULOTU 9. D. BLACKER 10. R. PATCHELL 11. S. EVANS 12. J. DAVIES 13. J. ROBERTS 14. J. MCNICHOLL 15. L. HALFPENNY
16. S. EVANS 17. K. MATHIAS 18. S. WAINWRIGHT 19. M. JONES 20. T. LEZANA 21. G. DAVIES 22. D. JONES 23. I. NICHOLAS

4 changes in Scarlets starting XV :

1. THOMAS → MATHIAS

3. SEBASTIAN → JOHN

8. TUIPULOTU → KALAMAFONI

12. DAVIES → WILLIAMS

→ Game sheet and stats for Cardiff - Scarlets

Lineup for Ospreys vs Leinster, Saturday, January 7, 2023, Kickoff 08:35PM

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OSPREYS : 1. N. SMITH 2. D. LAKE 3. T. FRANCIS 4. R. DAVIES 5. A. JONES 6. E. ROOTS 7. J. TIPURIC 8. M. MORRIS 9. R. MORGAN-WILLIAMS 10. J. WALSH 11. K. GILES 12. K. WILLIAMS 13. M. COLLINS 14. M. PROTHEROE 15. C. EVANS
16. S. BALDWIN 17. G. THOMAS 18. T. BOTHA 19. H. SUTTON 20. H. DEAVES-SMALL 21. M. AUBREY 22. J. HAWKINS 23. L. SCULLY

10 changes in Ospreys starting XV :

1. SMITH → THOMAS

2. LAKE → PARRY

3. FRANCIS → BOTHA

4. DAVIES → BEARD

6. ROOTS → MORGAN

8. MORRIS → ROOTS

9. MORGAN-WILLIAMS → WEBB

10. WALSH → WILLIAMS

14. PROTHEROE → CUTHBERT

15. EVANS → WALSH

LEINSTER : 1. C. HEALY 2. D. SHEEHAN 3. M. ALAALATOA 4. R. MOLONY 5. B. DEENY 6. R. RUDDOCK 7. S. PENNY 8. J. CONAN 9. C. FOLEY 10. H. BYRNE 11. J. O'BRIEN 12. C. NGATAI 13. J. OSBORNE 14. J. LARMOUR 15. H. KEENAN
16. J. MCKEE 17. M. MILNE 18. V. ABDALADZE 19. J. RYAN 20. J. VAN DER FLIER 21. N. MCCARTHY 22. R. BYRNE 23. R. RUSSELL

12 changes in Leinster Rugby starting XV :

1. HEALY → MILNE

2. SHEEHAN → KELLEHER

4. MOLONY → DEENY

5. DEENY → RYAN

6. RUDDOCK → BAIRD

7. PENNY → VAN DER FLIER

8. CONAN → DORIS

9. FOLEY → GIBSON-PARK

10. BYRNE → SEXTON

11. O'BRIEN → RUSSELL

13. OSBORNE → TURNER

15. KEENAN → O'BRIEN

→ Game sheet and stats for Ospreys - Leinster

Lineup for Glasgow vs Stormers, Sunday, January 8, 2023, Kickoff 04:00PM

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GLASGOW : 1. J. BHATTI 2. G. TURNER 3. L. SORDONI 4. J. DU PREEZ 5. L. BEAN 6. M. FAGERSON 7. S. VAILANU 8. J. DEMPSEY 9. G. HORNE 10. T. JORDAN 11. K. STEYN 12. H. JONES 13. S. TUIPULOTU 14. S. CANCELLIERE 15. O. SMITH
16. F. BROWN 17. N. MCBETH 18. S. BERGHAN 19. A. SAMUEL 20. E. FERRIE 21. C. NEILD 22. A. PRICE 23. D. MIOTTI

5 changes in Glasgow Warriors starting XV :

2. TURNER → BROWN

4. DU PREEZ → MANJEZI

5. BEAN → GRAY

9. HORNE → PRICE

12. JONES → MCDOWALL

STORMERS : 1. S. KITSHOFF 2. J. DWEBA 3. N. FOUCHÉ 4. B. DIXON 5. M. ORIE 6. D. FOURIE 7. W. ENGELBRECHT 8. H. DAYIMANI 9. P. DE WET 10. M. LIBBOK 11. L. ZAS 12. D. WILLEMSE 13. D. DU PLESSIS 14. S. HARTZENBERG 15. C. BLOMMETJIES
16. J. KOTZÉ 17. B. HARRIS 18. S. SANDI 19. C. EVANS 20. J. POKOMELA 21. M. THEUNISSEN 22. I. KHAN 23. A. DAVIDS

4 changes in Stormers starting XV :

12. WILLEMSE → DU PLESSIS

13. DU PLESSIS → HARTZENBERG

14. HARTZENBERG → DAVIDS

15. BLOMMETJIES → WILLEMSE

→ Game sheet and stats for Glasgow - Stormers

NB : changes in starting XV are determined from the last game in the same competition.