Saturday's Guinness PRO12 teams

All the team news for this weekend's Guinness PRO12 fixtures as Connacht take on Treviso and Leinster host the Dragons.

Zebre v Scarlets (2.05pm)

Zebre: 15 Dion Berryman, 14 Mattia Bellini, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 1 Bruno Postiglioni, 2 Tommaso D'Apice, 3 Dario Chistolini, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (c), 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Derick Minnie, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk.

Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Andrea De Marchi, 18 Guillermo Roan, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Valerio Bernabò, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Matteo Pratichetti, 23 Edoardo Padovani.

Scarlets: 15 Aled Thomas, 14 DTH van der Merwe, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Hadleigh Parkes (c), 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Jonathan Evans, 1 Wyn Jones, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Werner Kruger, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Tom Price, 6 Aaron Shingler, 7 James Davies, 8 Will Boyde.

Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Rob Evans, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Josh Macleod, Gareth Davies, Dan Jones, Gareth Owen.

Connacht v Treviso (3pm)

Connacht: 15 Tiernan O'Halloran, 14 Cian Kelleher, 13 Bundee Aki, 12 Stacey Ili, 11 Matt Healy, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 John Cooney, 1 Denis Buckley, 2 Tom McCartney, 3 Conor Carey, 4 Quinn Roux, 5 James Cannon, 6 Nepia Fox-Matamua, 7 Jake Heenan, 8 John Muldoon (c).

Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 JP Cooney, 18 Dominic Robertson-McCoy, 19 Sean O'Brien, 20 Eoin McKeon, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Rory Parata.

Treviso: 15 David Odiete, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michael Tagicakibau, 12 Alberto Sgarbi (c), 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Ian McKinley, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Davide Giazzon, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Marco Lazzaroni, 5 Marco Fuser, 6 Abraham Steyn, 7 Roberto Santamaria, 8 Marco Barbini.

Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Matteo Zanusso, 19 Nicola Quaglio, 20 Vittorio Flammini, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Andrea Pratichetti.

Cardiff Blues v Ulster (5.15pm on Sky Sports 3)

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Cardiff Blues: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Willis Halaholo, 11 Tom James, 10 Steve Shingler, 9 Lloyd Williams, 1 Gethin Jenkins (c), 2 Kristian Dacey, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 4 George Earle, 5 Josh Turnbull, 6 Ellis Jenkins, 7 Sam Warburton, 8 Josh Navidi.

Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Jarrad Hoeata, 20 Macauley Cook, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Nicky Robinson, 23 Matthew Morgan.

Ulster: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Luke Marshall, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Brett Herron, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 1 Kyle McCall, 2 Rob Herring (c), 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 4 Pete Browne, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 6 Iain Henderson, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Sean Reidy.

Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Rodney Ah You, Kieran Treadwell, Clive Ross, Paul Marshall, Louis Ludik, Darren Cave.

Leinster v Dragons (7.35pm)

Leinster: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Adam Byrne, 13 Rory O'Loughlin, 12 Noel Reid, 11 Isa Nacewa (c), 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Luke McGrath, 1 Peter Dooley, 2 James Tracy, 3 Michael Bent, 4 Ross Molony, 5 Hayden Triggs, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Dan Leavy, 8 Jack Conan.

Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Jeremy Loughman, 19 Mike McCarthy, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Charlie Rock, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Tom Daly.

Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Pat Howard, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Adam Warren, 10 Angus O'Brien, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 1 Phil Price, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Brok Harris, 4 Nick Crosswell, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Lewis Evans ©, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Harrison Keddie.

Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Thomas Davies, Lloyd Fairbrother, Cory Hill, James Thomas, Sarel Pretorius, Geraint Rhys Jones, Tom Prydie.