BKT United Rugby Championship - Round 5: All you need to know

After two weeks of Interpros there's no Irish derby this weekend in the BKT United Rugby Championship, but that won't take anything away from a couple of standout fixtures in Round 5 of the URC.

There's no mistaking the game of the weekend, as Munster welcome the Stormers to Thomond Park on Saturday evening for a repeat of last season's final.

That's one of three games between Irish provinces and the South African franchises, with Ulster kicking the weekend off when they welcome the Lions to Belfast on Friday night.

Connacht are the first of the provinces to head on their South African tour this season, and the first stop for Pete Wikins' side will be Durban, where they take on a Sharks team who are still winless after four games.

Leinster face Welsh opposition for the second week in a row, as they welcome the struggling Scarlets to the RDS on Saturday night.

ONLINE

We'll have live scoring, blogs, reports and reaction across the weekend.

TV

Sharks v Connacht will be live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on Saturday, with coverage getting under way at 2.30pm.

TG4 will be showing live coverage of Ulster v Lions (Friday 7.35pm) Munster v Stormers (Saturday 5.15pm) and Leinster v Scarlets (Saturday 7.35pm).

All games are shown live on urc.tv.

RADIO

Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 will have live commentary of Sharks v Connacht, as well as updates from Munster v Stormers.

WEATHER

It's likely to be around 8C on Friday night for Ulster v Lions, but some showers are expected in Belfast.

Things will be much different in Durban where Connacht face the Sharks, with temperatures around 25C for the 5pm local time kick-off.

In Limerick, it will be a mild 12C for Munster v Stormers, with a slight chance of rain according to forecasts.

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