Friday 22 September 2017 19:55, UK
All of the team news ahead of Friday's Guinness PRO14 clashes as Benetton host Ospreys, Glasgow take on Munster and Ulster face Dragons.
Benetton Rugby v Ospreys (19:35)
Kieran Crowley's side are going in search of back-to-back PRO14 victories, however, they must do so against an Ospreys outfit welcoming back their trio of British & Irish Lions.
Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar will start together in the half-backs and Alun Wyn Jones is named on the bench.
Webb and Wyn Jones will be making their first appearances for the region since the British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand while Biggar is set for his first start after appearing off the bench against Munster.
Benetton's head coach has made four changes to the squad that left Myreside victorious last weekend.
Tommaso Allan, Engjel Makelara and Marco Riccioni are all ruled out due to injuries, however, Martin Banks, Robert Barbieri and Ignacio Brex are welcomed back into their 23.
Benetton Rugby: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Ian McKinley, 9 Edoardo Gori, 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Luca Bigi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Federico Ruzza, 5 Marco Fuser, 6 Francesco Minto, 7 Abraham Steyn, 8 Dean Budd (c)
Replacements: 16 Federico Zani, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Tito Tebaldi, 22 Martin Banks, 23 Ignacio Brex
Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Keelan Giles, 13 Ben John, 12 James Hook, 11 Jeff Hassler, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Ma'afu Fia, 4 Bradley Davies, 5 Adam Beard, 6 Olly Cracknell, 7 Justin Tipuric (c) 8 Dan Baker
Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Alun Wyn Jones, 20 James King, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Kieron Fonotia
Glasgow v Munster (19:35)
Both Glasgow and Munster head into this Round 4 clash each with a clean-sweep of early-season victories.
Dave Rennie has the luxury of welcoming back captain Ryan Wilson for this top of Conference A clash and the captain is the only change to the pack that started against Cardiff Blues in Round 3.
In the backs Ali Price, Rory Hughes and Peter Horne all return into the Warriors' XV and Rob Harley is included on the bench for the first time this season.
Rassie Erasmus has made just one change to the team that were victorious on the road last time out against Ospreys.
In the midfield, Rory Scannell is set for his first start of the new season and the Irish international will partner up with Chris Farrell for the first time.
On the bench Dave Kilcoyne is poised for a return to action after the knee injury that he sustained in their Round 2 victory over the Cheetahs.
Munster: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Alex Wootton, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal (c), 9 Duncan Williams, 1 Liam O'Connor, 2 Rhys Marshall, 3 Stephen Archer, 4 Jean Kleyn, 5 Billy Holland, 6 Sean O'Connor, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 8 Jack O'Donoghue
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 John Ryan, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Robin Copeland, 21 James Hart, 22 Jaco Taute, 23 Simon Zebo
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ruaridh Jackson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick Grigg, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Rory Hughes, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 1 Jamie Bhatti, 2 George Turner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Tim Swinson, 5 Scott Cummings, 6 Ryan Wilson (c) 7 Callum Gibbins, 8 Adam Ashe
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Alex Allan, 18 D'arcy Rae, 19 Brian Alainu'uese, 20 Rob Harley, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Sam Johnson, 23 Leonardo Sarto
Ulster v Dragons (19:35)
Iain Henderson is another British & Irish Lion who is set to return to domestic duties in Round 4 as Ulster look to maintain their own unbeaten record.
Nick Timoney will make his first appearance of the season in the back row with Clive Ross and captain Chris Henry completing the unit.
Charles Piutau has recovered from a hamstring injury to take his place at full-back and Darren Cave is set to make his first start of the new season in the centres.
Dragons Head Coach Bernard Jackman has made a whole host of changes to his squad as he looks to give players opportunities in a PRO14 environment.
The front row trio that were on the bench against Connacht - Thomas Davies, Gerard Ellis and Lloyd Fairbrother - have all been promoted into starting jerseys.
Thretton Palamo, who joined on a short-term contract earlier this week, is handed a place in the centres with Pat Howard for company.
Carl Meyer returns at full-back with Adam Hughes and 20- year-old George Gasson taking their places out wide.
On the bench, Joe Davies and Dragons Academy prospect Lennon Greggains are both in line to make their Guinness PRO14 debuts.
Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Thretton Palamo, 12 Pat Howard, 11 George Gasson, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Owain Leonard, 1 Thomas Davies, 2 Gerard Ellis, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Matthew Screech, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Max Williams, 7 Ollie Griffiths (c), 8 Robson Blake
Replacements; 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Phil Price, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Joe Davies, 20 Lennon Greggains, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Will Talbot-Davie
Ulster: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Pete Nelson, 9 Paul Marshall, 1 Kyle McCall, 2 Rob Herring, 3 Rodney Ah You, 4 Robbie Diack, 5 Alan O'Connor, 6 Clive Ross, 7 Chris Henry (c), 8 Nick Timoney
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andy Warwick, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Matty Rea, 21 David Shanahan, 22 Brett Herron, 23 R Lyttle.
