The teams for Saturday’s Semi-Finals of the BKT United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.
TEAM NEWS HEADLINES
#BULvLEI
Cornel Smit to make his Vodacom Bulls debut if called upon from the bench
Garry Ringrose returns to the Leinster team for the first time since January
#MUNvGLA
Four changes see Mike Haley, Alex Nankivell, Fineen Wycherley & Jack O’Donoghue come into the Munster side
Glasgow Warriors name an unchanged starting XV from the team that beat DHL Stormers last Saturday
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
Vodacom Bulls v Leinster
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria – KO 15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 45th league game)
AR 1: Mike Adamson (SRU) AR 2: Adam Jones (WRU)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Live on: SuperSport, RTÉ, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Vodacom Bulls: Willie Le Roux, Sergeal Petersen, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Devon Williams, Johan Goosen, Embrose Papier, Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar, Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, Ruan Nortje (CAPT), Marco Van Staden, Elrigh Louw, Cameron Hanekom
Replacements: Akker van der Merwe, Simphiwe Matanzima, Francois Klopper, Reinhardt Ludwig, Nizaam Carr, Keagan Johannes, Chris Smith, Cornel Smit
Leinster: Jimmy O’Brien, Jordan Larmour, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe, Ross
Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Joe McCarthy, James Ryan (CAPT), Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris
Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Michael Ala’alatoa, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Luke
McGrath, Ciarán Frawley, Jamie Osborne
Munster v Glasgow Warriors
Thomond Park, Limerick – KO 18.00 IRE & UK / 19.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 44th league game)
AR 1: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR) AR 2: Federico Vedovelli (FIR)
TMO: Matteo Lipirini (FIR)
Live on: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv
Munster: Mike Haley, Shane Daly, Antoine Frisch, Alex Nankivell, Simon Zebo, Jack Crowley, Craig Casey, Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne (CAPT), Peter O’Mahony, John Hodnett, Jack O’Donoghue
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, John Ryan, Oli Jager, RG Snyman, Gavin Coombes, Conor Murray, Sean O’Brien, Alex Kendellen
Glasgow Warriors: Josh McKay, Sebastian Cancelliere, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu, Kyle Steyn
(CAPT), Tom Jordan, George Horne, Jamie Bhatti, Johnny Matthews, Zander Fagerson, Scott
Cummings, Richie Gray, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey
Replacements: George Turner, Oli Kebble, Murphy Walker, Max Williamson, Euan Ferrie, Henco Venter, Jamie Dobie, Ross Thompson
