United Rugby Championship Round 15: All You Need to Know

We're getting closer to the business end of the BKT United Rugby Championship, with just three more regular rounds to play after this weekend's action.

Injury-hit Ulster welcome a Benetton side to Belfast who have their own sights set on making the top four and guaranteed home advantage in the quarter-finals.

Munster and Leinster conclude their respective South African trips, with Graham Rowntree's side in third and looking to keep the pressure on their Irish rivals and Glasgow.

They face a Lions side that ripped to shreds table toppers Leinster last weekend, condemning Leo Cullen's side to just their third defeat in 20 outings in all competitions.

Connacht are the final Irish representative in action when they travel to Rodney Parade on Saturday night where a win would push them back into the play-off picture, with Pete Wilkins' side currently one spot outside of that in ninth.

ONLINE

We'll have live scoring as well as reports and reaction from the games.

TV

You can see live coverage of Ulster v Benetton from 7pm (Friday) and Dragons v Connacht (Saturday) from 7.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

Lions v Munster and Stormers v Leinster are both live on TG4.

All games are also shown live on URC.tv.

WEATHER

There should be good conditions for rugby in Belfast on Friday night, with Ulster hosting Benetton. The day will bring some bright or sunny spells mixed with scattered showers, with temperatures reaching a high of 10 degrees.

Both Leinster and Munster will be operating in a warmer South African climate, with temperatures around the 20C mark by kick-off in both Lions v Munster and Stormers v Leinster.

It is likely to be soft underfoot in Newport when Connacht travel to take on the Dragons on Saturday evening, though the scattered