URC 2024 - Round 2 Team Announcements

Check out the teams ahead of the second round of United Rugby Championship, taking on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of October 2023.

Lineup for Ospreys vs Zebre, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Kickoff 02:00PM

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OSPREYS : 1. G. PHILLIPS 2. E. LEWIS 3. T. BOTHA 4. R. DAVIES 5. H. SUTTON 6. J. RATTI 7. J. TIPURIC 8. M. MORRIS 9. R. MORGAN-WILLIAMS 10. J. WALSH 11. M. PROTHEROE 12. O. WATKIN 13. D. MORRIS 14. L. MORGAN 15. M. NAGY
16. L. LLOYD 17. N. SMITH 18. R. HENRY 19. J. FENDER 20. H. DEAVES-SMALL 21. L. DAVIES 22. K. WILLIAMS 23. O. WILLIAMS

5 changes in Ospreys starting XV :

5. SUTTON → GRIFFITHS

10. WALSH → WILLIAMS

11. PROTHEROE → GILES

12. WATKIN → WILLIAMS

13. MORRIS → WATKIN

ZEBRE : 1. P. BUONFIGLIO 2. L. BIGI 3. J. PITINARI 4. D. SISI 5. A. ZAMBONIN 6. G. VOLPI 7. G. FERRARI 8. G. LICATA 9. G. GARCIA 10. G. PRISCIANTELLI 11. S. GESI 12. E. LUCCHIN 13. F. SMITH 14. P. BRUNO 15. L. PANI
16. M. MANFREDI 17. L. RIZZOLI 18. I. NECULAI 19. D. DE LEEUW 20. B. STAVILE 21. A. FUSCO 22. G. MONTEMAURI 23. S. GREGORY

2 changes in Zebre Parma starting XV :

13. SMITH → PAEA

14. BRUNO → CAMBRIANI

→ Game sheet and stats for Ospreys - Zebre

Lineup for Connacht vs Glasgow, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Kickoff 04:00PM

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CONNACHT : 1. D. BUCKLEY 2. D. TIERNEY-MARTIN 3. J. AUNGIER 4. N. MURRAY 5. J. JOYCE 6. C. PRENDERGAST 7. S. HURLEY-LANGTON 8. J. BUTLER 9. C. BLADE 10. J. HANRAHAN 11. D. KILGALLEN 12. C. FORDE 13. T. FARRELL 14. B. RALSTON 15. T. O'HALLORAN
16. T. MCELROY 17. P. DOOLEY 18. D. ROBERTSON-MCCOY 19. D. MURRAY 20. O. DOWLING 21. C. REILLY 22. L. MCNAMARA 23. C. OLIVER

4 changes in Connacht Rugby starting XV :

4. MURRAY → DOWLING

11. KILGALLEN → RALSTON

14. RALSTON → KILGALLEN

15. O'HALLORAN → SMITH

GLASGOW : 1. O. KEBBLE 2. A. FRASER 3. Z. FAGERSON 4. S. CUMMINGS 5. R. GRAY 6. G. BROWN 7. S. VAILANU 8. H. VENTER 9. G. HORNE 10. T. JORDAN 11. K. STEYN 12. S. MCDOWALL 13. H. JONES 14. K. ROWE 15. J. MCKAY
16. J. MATTHEWS 17. N. MCBETH 18. L. SORDONI 19. G. PETERSON 20. A. MILLER 21. R. DARGE 22. J. DOBIE 23. D. WEIR

5 changes in Glasgow Warriors starting XV :

4. CUMMINGS → PETERSON

5. GRAY → CUMMINGS

7. VAILANU → DARGE

9. HORNE → DOBIE

14. ROWE → CANCELLIERE

→ Game sheet and stats for Connacht - Glasgow

Lineup for Stormers vs Scarlets, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Kickoff 04:00PM

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STORMERS : 1. A. VERMAAK 2. J. DWEBA 3. N. FOUCHÉ 4. A. SMITH 5. R. VAN HEERDEN 6. M. THEUNISSEN 7. H. DAYIMANI 8. E. ROOS 9. P. DE WET 10. C. BLOMMETJIES 11. L. ZAS 12. S. MNGOMEZULU 13. R. NEL 14. B. LOADER 15. W. GELANT
16. A. VENTER 17. S. SITHOLE 18. B. HARRIS 19. G. PORTER 20. B. DIXON 21. N. XABA 22. H. JANTJIES 23. C. SKOSAN

5 changes in Stormers starting XV :

1. VERMAAK → BLOSE

4. SMITH → MOERAT

7. DAYIMANI → DIXON

9. DE WET → JANTJIES

14. LOADER → DAVIDS

SCARLETS : 1. K. MATHIAS 2. S. EVANS 3. S. WAINWRIGHT 4. A. CRAIG 5. M. JONES 6. T. PLUMTREE 7. D. DAVIS 8. C. TUIPULOTU 9. K. HARDY 10. I. LLOYD 11. R. CONBEER 12. J. DAVIES 13. J. ROBERTS 14. I. NICHOLAS 15. J. MCNICHOLL
16. I. YOUNG 17. W. JONES 18. H. O'CONNOR 19. J. PRICE 20. B. WILLIAMS 21. A. HUGHES 22. C. TITCOMBE 23. E. JAMES

3 changes in Scarlets starting XV :

5. JONES → LOUSI

8. TUIPULOTU → WILLIAMS

14. NICHOLAS → ROGERS

→ Game sheet and stats for Stormers - Scarlets

Lineup for Leinster vs Sharks, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Kickoff 05:55PM

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LEINSTER : 1. J. BOYLE 2. L. BARRON 3. M. ALAALATOA 4. R. MOLONY 5. J. JENKINS 6. R. RUDDOCK 7. S. PENNY 8. M. DEEGAN 9. C. FOLEY 10. H. BYRNE 11. J. LARMOUR 12. C. NGATAI 13. J. OSBORNE 14. T. O'BRIEN 15. C. FRAWLEY
16. D. DONNELLAN 17. P. MCCARTHY 18. R. MCGUIRE 19. B. DEENY 20. W. CONNORS 21. B. MURPHY 22. S. PRENDERGAST 23. R. RUSSELL

6 changes in Leinster Rugby starting XV :

2. BARRON → MCKEE

3. ALAALATOA → CLARKSON

6. RUDDOCK → DEEGAN

8. DEEGAN → CULHANE

9. FOLEY → MCGRATH

13. OSBORNE → TURNER

SHARKS : 1. N. MCHUNU 2. K. VAN VUUREN 3. H. JACOBS 4. C. RAHL 5. E. VAN HEERDEN 6. J. VENTER 7. V. TSHITUKA 8. P. BUTHELEZI 9. C. WRIGHT 10. C. BOSCH 11. M. POTGIETER 12. R. JANSE VAN RENSBURG 13. F. VENTER 14. W. KOK 15. A. FASSI
16. D. RICHARDSON 17. D. BLEULER 18. K. MONA 19. H. ANDREWS 20. G. CRONJÉ 21. Z. MKHABELA 22. B. CHAMBERLAIN 23. A. DYANTYI

8 changes in Sharks starting XV :

3. JACOBS → OOSTHUIZEN

4. RAHL → VAN HEERDEN

5. VAN HEERDEN → HUGO

7. TSHITUKA → BUTHELEZI

8. BUTHELEZI → CRONJÉ

12. JANSE VAN RENSBURG → VENTER

13. VENTER → KOSTER

15. FASSI → CHAMBERLAIN

→ Game sheet and stats for Leinster - Sharks

Lineup for Edinburgh vs Lions, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Kickoff 06:00PM

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EDINBURGH : 1. B. VENTER 2. D. CHERRY 3. J. SEBASTIAN 4. G. YOUNG 5. G. GILCHRIST 6. L. CROSBIE 7. H. WATSON 8. V. MATA 9. B. VELLACOTT 10. B. HEALY 11. W. GOOSEN 12. M. CURRIE 13. M. BENNETT 14. R. MCCANN 15. B. KINGHORN
16. E. ASHMAN 17. R. HISLOP 18. W. NEL 19. M. SYKES 20. C. BOYLE 21. C. SHIEL 22. C. SCOTT 23. C. DEAN

5 changes in Edinburgh Rugby starting XV :

5. GILCHRIST → HODGSON

6. CROSBIE → DODD

7. WATSON → NEILD

8. MATA → CROSBIE

15. KINGHORN → SCOTT

LIONS : 1. C. FOURIE 2. P. BOTHA 3. R. DREYER 4. R. SCHOEMAN 5. D. LANDSBERG 6. E. TSHITUKA 7. R. VENTER 8. F. HORN 9. S. NOHAMBA 10. J. HENDRIKSE 11. E. VAN DER MERWE 12. M. LOUW 13. H. VAN WYK 14. R. KRIEL 15. Q. HORN
16. J. VISAGIE 17. M. NAUDÉ 18. A. NTLABAKANYE 19. W. ALBERTS 20. H. SIRGEL 21. M. VAN DEN BERG 22. R. JONKER 23. A. COETZEE

4 changes in Lions Rugby starting XV :

6. TSHITUKA → SANGWENI

7. VENTER → TSHITUKA

11. VAN DER MERWE → MAXWANE

13. VAN WYK → RASS

→ Game sheet and stats for Edinburgh - Lions

Lineup for Benetton vs Munster, Sunday, October 29, 2023, Kickoff 03:00PM

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BENETTON : 1. M. SPAGNOLO 2. G. LUCCHESI 3. G. ZILOCCHI 4. E. IACHIZZI 5. E. SNYMAN 6. A. IZEKOR 7. M. ZULIANI 8. T. HALAFIHI 9. A. UREN 10. J. UMAGA 11. E. PADOVANI 12. F. DRAGO 13. M. FEKITOA 14. I. MENDY 15. R. SMITH
16. G. NICOTERA 17. F. ZANI 18. T. PASQUALI 19. G. KOEGELENBERG 20. H. STOWERS 21. A. GARBISI 22. T. ALBORNOZ 23. M. ZANON

3 changes in Benetton Rugby starting XV :

4. IACHIZZI → KOEGELENBERG

8. HALAFIHI → STOWERS

13. FEKITOA → RIERA

MUNSTER : 1. K. RYAN 2. D. BARRON 3. S. ARCHER 4. E. EDOGBO 5. F. WYCHERLEY 6. J. O'DONOGHUE 7. J. HODNETT 8. G. COOMBES 9. E. COUGHLAN 10. J. CARBERY 11. C. NASH 12. R. SCANNELL 13. A. FRISCH 14. S. MCCARTHY 15. S. DALY
16. S. BUCKLEY 17. M. DONNELLY 18. J. RYAN 19. T. AHERN 20. A. KENDELLEN 21. P. PATTERSON 22. A. NANKIVELL 23. S. O'BRIEN

4 changes in Munster Rugby starting XV :

1. RYAN → WYCHERLEY

7. HODNETT → KENDELLEN

11. NASH → MCCARTHY

14. MCCARTHY → CONWAY

→ Game sheet and stats for Benetton - Munster

Lineup for Dragons vs Cardiff, Sunday, October 29, 2023, Kickoff 03:30PM

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DRAGONS : 1. R. MARTINEZ 2. B. ROBERTS 3. L. FAIRBROTHER 4. M. SCREECH 5. B. CARTER 6. G. NOTT 7. S. LONSDALE 8. H. KEDDIE 9. D. BLACKER 10. A. O'BRIEN 11. A. HEWITT 12. S. HUGHES 13. S. TOMKINSON 14. J. ROSSER 15. J. WILLIAMS
16. J. BENJAMIN 17. R. JONES 18. L. BROWN 19. J. DAVIES 20. B. COGHLAN 21. R. WILLIAMS 22. W. REED 23. J. DIXON

6 changes in Dragons RFC starting XV :

7. LONSDALE → KEDDIE

8. KEDDIE → GRIFFITHS

9. BLACKER → WILLIAMS

11. HEWITT → ROSSER

14. ROSSER → BALDWIN

15. WILLIAMS → EVANS

CARDIFF : 1. C. DOMACHOWSKI 2. L. BELCHER 3. K. ASSIRATTI 4. S. LEWIS-HUGHES 5. T. WILLIAMS 6. E. JENKINS 7. T. YOUNG 8. S. DAVIES 9. T. WILLIAMS 10. T. DE BEER 11. T. CABANGO 12. W. HALAHOLO 13. M. GRADY 14. A. SUMMERHILL 15. C. WINNETT
16. E. DANIEL 17. R. CARRÉ 18. R. LITTERICK 19. R. THORNTON 20. L. DE LA RUA 21. E. BEVAN 22. B. THOMAS 23. H. MILLARD

6 changes in Cardiff Rugby starting XV :

1. DOMACHOWSKI → CARRÉ

6. JENKINS → MANN

7. YOUNG → JENKINS

9. WILLIAMS → BEVAN

13. GRADY → LEE-LO

14. SUMMERHILL → LANE

→ Game sheet and stats for Dragons - Cardiff

Lineup for Ulster vs Bulls, Sunday, October 29, 2023, Kickoff 06:00PM

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ULSTER : 1. A. WARWICK 2. T. STEWART 3. T. O'TOOLE 4. A. O'CONNOR 5. C. IZUCHUKWU 6. D. EWERS 7. D. MCCANN 8. N. TIMONEY 9. N. DOAK 10. B. BURNS 11. J. STOCKDALE 12. J. POSTLETHWAITE 13. J. HUME 14. R. BALOUCOUNE 15. W. ADDISON
16. J. ANDREW 17. C. REID 18. G. MCGRATH 19. H. SHERIDAN 20. M. REA 21. D. SHANAHAN 22. S. MOORE 23. M. LOWRY

8 changes in Ulster Rugby starting XV :

3. O'TOOLE → MCGRATH

4. O'CONNOR → REA

5. IZUCHUKWU → TREADWELL

7. MCCANN → REA

8. TIMONEY → MCCANN

10. BURNS → FLANNERY

12. POSTLETHWAITE → CURTIS

14. BALOUCOUNE → LOWRY

BULLS : 1. G. STEENEKAMP 2. J. GROBBELAAR 3. W. LOUW 4. R. VERMAAK 5. R. NORTJÉ 6. M. COETZEE 7. E. LOUW 8. C. HANEKOM 9. E. PAPIER 10. J. GOOSEN 11. S. JACOBS 12. C. HENDRICKS 13. D. KRIEL 14. S. DE KLERK 15. D. WILLIAMS
16. A. VAN DER MERWE 17. S. MATANZIMA 18. M. SMITH 19. J. SWANEPOEL 20. N. CARR 21. Z. BURGER 22. C. SMITH 23. S. GANS

1 change in Bulls starting XV :

12. HENDRICKS → VORSTER

→ Game sheet and stats for Ulster - Bulls

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