United Rugby Championship Round 14: All you need to know

It's a down week in the Guinness Six Nations so the BTK United Rugby Champions takes centre stage.

Leaders Leinster are bidding to make it 14 wins on the bounce as they host the Dragons, while the Ospreys visit Thomond Park.

Glasgow is the destination for Ulster and Connacht make the trip to Zebre Parma.

TV

Munster v Ospreys (Friday 7.35pm) and Zebre v Connacht (Saturday 3.05pm) are both live on TG4 and Premier Sports, while Leinster v Dragons (Saturday 7.45pm) is live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player. Ulster's game in Glasgow (Friday 7.35pm) is on Premier Sports.

All games are live on URC TV.

ONLINE

Follow live scoring and live updates on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app with match reports and reaction from around the grounds.

WEATHER

Limerick will be overcast in temperatures of around 5C on Friday evening, while Glasgow expects wind and rain in a similar temperature. It will be partly sunny in about 15C in Parma on Saturday afternoon. Dublin is forecast to be cloudy with temperatures around 5C on Saturday evening.

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Gavin Coombes and Roman Salanoa return from Ireland camp to start for Munster as Simon Zebo makes his first appearance since December.

The Reds are sixth in the table with seven wins from their 13 games, including victory in their last three league matches.

Indeed their only defeat in their last six URC games was by a solitary point to table topping Leinster in Limerick on St Stephen’s Day.

Graham Rowntree's team have not lost at home to a non-Irish province since Edinburgh won 18-16 at Cork in November 2019 but they have lost both encounters they have played with Welsh regions this season.

Offaly man Jack Regan