United Rugby Championship Round 16: All you need to know

TV

Ulster v Munster (Friday 7.35pm) and Emirates Lions v Connacht (Saturday 3.05pm) are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, while Cell C Sharks v Leinster (Saturday 5.15pm) is live on TG4.

RADIO

RTÉ Radio 1 Extra will have live commentary on Ulster v Munster, while there will be updates on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 for the other two games.

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

Belfast this evening is set for fair weather of about 13C. Johannesburg should see 21C in partly sunny conditions, while Durban is due to have partly cloudy conditions in around 20C.

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After the heartache of that late defeat to Toulouse six days ago, Ulster welcome Munster to the Kingspan, their focus now solely on one trophy, last in their possession in 2006.

They take on Johann van Graan's men off the back of two URC losses and haven’t lost three league games on the trot since 2018.

However, Ravenhill is something of a fortress for Dan McFarland’s charges and they are on a seven-game winning streak in the competition, while their opponents this evening have lost their last four ties here.

There is also the added incentive, with yesterday’s announcement from tournament organisers, of a home final for the top-ranked team.

Ulster sit in second, ten points behind Leinster but with Leo Cullen bringing a callow side to South Africa and with a final regular-season game against Musnter to come, it’s not all lost.

Munster, too, will try to rise up the rankings to get home play-off games. They are currently in fourth place but also have a Champions