Saturday's PRO12 teams: Stuart Olding returns for Ulster
Saturday 30 January 2016 17:08, UK
Stuart Olding returns from injury as Ulster visit Treviso, while Darren Sweetnam makes his first Munster start at Zebre.
Zebre v Munster (2pm GMT)
Former Cork hurler Darren Sweetnam makes his first competitive start as Anthony Foley makes eight changes for Munster's second trip to Italy in eight days.
Sweetnam is named on the right wing, while Andrew Conway starts at full-back after recovering from a hip injury.
Ireland prop James Cronin has been released to play for his province, with Jack O'Donoghue and Robin Copeland coming into the back row.
Munster have won all six of their previous meetings with Zebre, claiming a bonus point in five occasions, but the Italians are seeking a third successive PRO12 victory.
Zebre: 15 Kayle Van Zyl, 14 Dion Berryman, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Michele Visentin, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Luke Burgess; 1 Andrea De Marchi, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 4 Gideon Koegelenberg, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 6 Emiliano Caffini, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Jean Cook.
Replacements: 16 Emiliano Coria, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Guillermo Roan, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Filippo Cristiano, 21 Giulio Toniolatti, 22 Mils Muliaina, 23 Ulrich Beyers.
Munster: Andrew Conway; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Tomás O'Leary; James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland - capt., Jack O'Donoghue, Robin Copeland.
Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, Mario Sagario, Dave O'Callaghan, Shane Buckley, Duncan Williams, Cian Bohane, Gerhard van den Heever.
Connacht v Scarlets (3pm, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 2.45pm)
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Benneton Treviso v Ulster (5pm GMT)
Ireland international Stuart Olding makes his first appearance since suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury last March.
Olding starts alongside Darren Cave in midfield and is one of seven changes to the side that thumped Oyonnax 56-3.
Louis Ludik and Rory Scholes come into the back three alongside Craig Gilroy, while Roger Wilson starts at No 8 after Nick Williams was ruled out with a groin injury.
Academy players Lorcan Dow and Jacob Stockdale will make their Ulster debuts, if introduced from the bench.
Treviso have not tasted victory since February 2015 and have won just one of their 17 previous meetings with Ulster.
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Benneton Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Enrico Bacchin, 12 Alberto Sgarbi (c), 11 Tommaso Iannone, 10 Sam Christie, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Roberto Santamaria, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Filo Paulo, 5 Tom Palmer, 6 Andrea De Marchi, 7 Marco Lazzaroni, 8 Robert Barbieri.
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Cherif Traorè, 18 Filippo Filippetto, 19 Jeff Montauriol, 20 Abraham Steyn, 21 James Ambrosini, 22 Simone Ragusi, 23 Andrea Pratichetti.
Ulster: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Rory Scholes, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Stuart Olding, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Paul Marshall; 1 Callum Black, 2 Rob Herring (c), 3 Ricky Lutton, 4 Alan O'Connor, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 6 Clive Ross, 7 Sean Reidy, 8 Roger Wilson.
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andy Warwick, 18 Bronson Ross, 19 Pete Browne, 20 Lorcan Dow, 21 Dave Shanahan, 22 Luke Marshall, 23 Jacob Stockdale.
Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh (5.15pm, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 5pm)
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