United Rugby Championship Round 16: All you need to know

The BKT United Rugby Championship returns with the battle for play-off places looking like they will go down to the wire.

At the top end, Leinster and Munster have their sights set on securing top-four seedings to gain home advantage for the knock-out phases, while Connacht and Ulster have battles on their hands to make the top eight.

The game of the weekend from an Irish point of view is the meeting of Munster and Connacht in Thomond Park on Saturday evening.

Leinster welcome Ospreys to the RDS on Saturday night, while Ulster are the first of the Irish sides in action as they visit Scarlets earlier that day.

Find out all you need to know about the games here.

ONLINE

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

TV

You can see live coverage of Munster v Connacht from 4.45pm on Saturday on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Leinster v Ospreys (7.35pm) is on TG4 and Premier Sports, while Scarlets v Ulster (3.05pm) is live on Premier Sports. All games are also shown live on URC.tv.

RADIO

Munster v Connacht will be live on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1.

WEATHER

Ulster are set to kick off proceedings in sunny conditions in Llanelli with temperatures around 20C and a moderate breeze.

Limerick, they say, will be partly cloudy in 22C, while Dublin is set for sunshine on Saturday afternoon with temperatures down at about 15C.

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Ulster, off the back of two home wins, against Benetton and Cardiff, visit Wales looking to make it three in a row for the first time in 12 months.

They have only won twice on the road this season but Richie Murphy's men, seventh in the table, are coming up against a Welsh region with only one