United Rugby Championship Round 15: All you need to know

We've had to wait a long time for a Munster v Leinster derby.

It's been 11 months since their last meeting, a 27-3 Munster victory in the Rainbow Cup, ending a run of six straight Leinster wins in this fixture.

This game was originally set to be be played at the Aviva Stadium, with the provinces agreeing to swap their home and away arrangements this season, due to a clash with Thomond Park's staging of an Ed Sheeran concert in May.

Their derby is the pick of this week's URC games, while Ulster and Connacht are also in action, with both sides away from home.

Having come agonisingly close to winning against the Stormers in Cape Town last week, Ulster are up in the Highveld for the second leg of their South African tour, with Dan McFarland's side taking on an in-form Bulls team at Lofus Versfeld.

Connacht's play-off hopes are hanging by a thread, and only a win away to Benetton on Saturday afternoon looks like keeping their top-eight chances alive.

TV

Benetton v Connacht (Saturday 12pm) and Munster v Leinster (Saturday 7pm) are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, while Bulls v Ulster (Saturday 1pm) is live on Premier Sports.

RADIO

Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 will have live commentary of Munster v Leinster.

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

There's a small chance of rain in Limerick on Saturday evening for Munster v Leinster at Thomond Park, with temperatures just below 10C. Showers are more likely in Treviso where Connacht face Benetton on Saturday afternoon, while Ulster will have to deal with a scorching 28C in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon.

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