United Rugby Championship Round 17: All you need to know

With just two rounds left to play in the regular season of the BKT United Rugby Championship, there's a lot on the line for all four provinces.

After last week's heavy defeat to Munster at Thomond Park, Connacht are effectively in knockout rugby already. Pete Wilkins' side welcome the Stormers to Galway on Saturday evening with their season on the line as they look to get into the play-offs.

The big game of the weekend from an Irish perspective is the meeting of Ulster and Leinster in Belfast on Saturday night.

Ulster know one more win should be enough to make sure of their play-off spot, and Champions Cup qualification, but Leinster also have a lot to play for, as they look to edge ahead of Glasgow to become top seed before the end of the campaign.

Munster are the first of the Irish sides in action this weekend.

The defending champions are away to Edinburgh on Friday night looking to extend their winning run in the league to eight games, which would see them put pressure on both Leinster and Glasgow ahead of their games on Saturday.

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 Connacht v Stormers from 4.30pm on Saturday on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

Edinburgh v Munster (Friday, 7.35pm) and Ulster v Leinster (Saturday, 7.35pm) are both live on TG4 and Premier Sports,

All games are also shown live on URC.tv.

RADIO

Listen to live commentary of Ulster v Leinster on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1, while there will also be updates from Connacht v Stormers at the Dexcom Stadium.

WEATHER

It looks like another weekend of favourable conditions for the Irish provinces.

Munster's game away to Edinburgh should see a dry evening with temperatures in the low teens,