REMINDER: Team sheets, venues, kick-off times for URC semi-finals

Take a look at who’s playing in the semi-finals of the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship (URC) campaign on Saturday afternoon. 

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SETTING THE SCENE

A place in the URC Grand Final is at stake on Saturday as four teams look to go one step closer to being crowned 2022/23 champions.

Holders the Stormers face Connacht in Cape Town after they overcame South African rivals the Bulls while the Irish province came out on top in their derby at Ulster.

There is also a huge all-Irish encounter in the other semi-final as Leinster take on Munster after beating the Sharks and Glasgow Warriors respectively.

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URC TEAMS, VENUES AND KICK-OFF TIMES FOR SEMI-FINALS

STORMERS vs CONNACHT (DHL Stadium, Cape Town, Saturday, 4pm)

Stormers — 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).
Subs: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.

Connacht — 15 Tiernan O’Halloran, 14 John Porch, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Mack Hansen, 10 Jack Carty, 9 Caolin Blade, 8 Cian Prendergast, 7 Conor Oliver, 6 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 5 Niall Murray, 4 Josh Murphy, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Denis Buckley.
Subs: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Jack Aungier, 19 Oisín Dowling, 20 Jarrad Butler, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Tom Daly 23 Byron Ralston.

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LEINSTER vs MUNSTER (Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Saturday, 6:30pm)

Leinster — 15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Luke McGrath (captain), 8 Jack Conan, 7 Will Connors, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Ryan Baird, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Michael Milne
Subs: 16 John McKee, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Ciarán Frawley, 23 Liam Turner.

Munster — 15 Mike Haley, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jack Crowley, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony (captain), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Subs: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Roman Salanoa, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Neil Cronin, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Alex Kendellen.

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