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

With an Ireland squad to be named next week, there's no time like the present to strike and make an impression.

Round 5 of the BKT United Rugby Championship throws up another big Interpro, as Connacht look to build on their big win against Munster a week ago.

Having secured their first win of the season, the western province welcome Leinster to the Sportsground. Leo Cullen's side top of the table after a near-perfect opening four games.

Munster will hope to arrest their poor form in their first Thomond Park fixture of the season, but they'll need a hugely improved performance to see off the Bulls in Limerick, with the South Africans coming off the back of their first defeat of the campaign.

And Ulster begin their two-game tour of South Africa against the Lions at Emirates Ellis Park, with the Johannesburg side being one of the surprises of the season so far.

TV

Connacht v Leinster (Friday, 7.35pm) is live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, while Munster v Vodacom Bulls (Saturday, 7.35pm) is available to watch on TG4.

RADIO

RTÉ Radio 1 Extra will have live commentary of Connacht v Leinster on Friday night at the Sportsground.

ONLINE

RTE.ie/sport will have live scoring and blogs across the weekend with match reports and reaction from the grounds. All games are live on URC TV.

WEATHER

It looks like Connacht and Leinster will have some good old fashioned Sportsground weather conditions, with wind and rain expected in Galway Bay on Friday evening. Saturday will be a showery day in Limerick, but most of the rain is expected to have cleared by the time Munster and the Bulls kick off at 7.35, while temperatures could drop below 10C. Things will be much different down in Johannesburg for Ulster's meeting with the Lions, where the temperature is set to