Saturday 7 May 2016 14:20, UK
All the team news ahead of the last round of regular-season fixtures in the Guinness PRO12.
Top spot, home semi-finals and Champions Cup places are all up for grabs and the drama will unfold as all the games kick of simultaneously at 3pm - click here to find out who needs what in the final round.
Connacht v Glasgow (3pm)
Connacht duo Tiernan O'Halloran and Kieran Marmion will make their 100th appearances, with the latter one of nine personnel changes made by head coach Pat Lam for the sold-out clash at the Sportsground that will decide a home semi-final spot.
Bundee Aki and Matt Healy have both returned from injury to take their place in a back line that also sees the re-introduction of Robbie Henshaw at centre and AJ MacGinty at fly-half.
The league's highest capped player John Muldoon returns to captain the side at No 8 behind the second row partnership of Ultan Dillan and Aly Muldowney.
Glasgow have named a strong starting XV after resting most of his big names for last weekend's crushing 70-10 win over Zebre.
Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg returns to the side and is joined by Dark Blues colleague Tommy Seymour as well as Lee Jones in a new-look back three.
Peter Horne starts at centre in place of Mark Bennett, while stand-off Finn Russell takes on the playmaker duties from Duncan Weir. Ali Price, meanwhile, comes in at scrum-half.
Connacht: 15 Tiernan O'Halloran, 14 Niyi Adeolokun, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Matt Healy, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Kieran Marmion; 1 Ronan Loughney, 2 Tom McCartney, 3 Finlay Bealham, 4 Ultan Dillane, 5 Aly Muldowney, 6 Sean O'Brien, 7 Jake Heenan, 8 John Muldoon (c).
Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 JP Cooney, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Eoin McKeon, 21 John Cooney, 22 Shane O'Leary, 23 Peter Robb.
Glasgow: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Lee Jones, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Fraser Brown, 3 Sila Puafisi, 4 Leone Nakarawa, 5 Jonny Gray (c), 6 Rob Harley, 7 Ryan Wilson, 8 Josh Strauss.
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Simone Favart, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Mark Bennett, 23 Sean Lamont.
Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues (3pm)
Edinburgh have made four changes to the starting XV following last week's tough encounter against Munster in Cork.
Dougie Fife moves up from the bench to start at full-back in place of teenager Blair Kinghorn who sustained a knock in last Friday's defeat.
The pack sees three changes, kicking off with Rory Sutherland moving up from the bench to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson in the front row, where Ross Ford and WP Nel retain the No 2 and 3 jerseys.
Lloyd Williams and Tom James both return to the Cardiff Blues starting line-up as Danny Wilson changes three.
Lock Josh Turnbull moves into the back-row for the injured Sam Warburton, with Cam Dolan coming into the second row to partner James Down.
Edinburgh: 15 Dougie Fife, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Sean Kennedy; 1 Rory Sutherland, 2 Ross Ford (c), 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Ben Toolis, , 6 Nasi Manu, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Cornell du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Allan Dell, 18 John Andress, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Will Helu
Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Tom James, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams; 1 Gethin Jenkins (c), 2 Matthew Rees, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 4 Cam Dolan, 5 James Down, 6 Josh Turnbull, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 8 Josh Navidi.
Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Macauley Cook, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Gavin Evans.
Zebre v Dragons (3pm)
Lock Marco Bortolami will play the final game of his career when he captains Zebre against the Dragons in Parma.
Bortolami has made 66 appearances for Zebre including 49 as captain and has also skippered the Azzurri 40 times and amassed 112 caps, the third of all time.
Former All Blacks star Mils Muliaina will also make his final appearance for the club before his move to San Francisco, and is named on the bench.
Newport Gwent Dragons have made seven changes to the starting line up from last weekend. Rhys Buckley, Lloyd Fairbrother, Matthew Screech, James Thomas, James Benjamin and Ed Jackson are all named in the starting XV while Harrison Keddie will make his professional debut off the bench.
Zebre: 15 Ulrich Beyers, 14 Kayle Van Zyl, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani; 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 3 Guillermo Roan, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 6 Johan Meyer, 7 Filippo Cristiano, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk.
Replacements: 16 Bruno Postiglioni, 17 Andrea De Marchi, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Kelly Haimona, 23 Mils Muliaina.
Dragons: 15 Geraint Rhys Jones, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Angus O'Brien, 9 Charlie Davies; 1 Phil Price, 2 Rhys Buckley, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Matthew Screech, 5 Nick Crosswell (c), 6 James Benjamin, 7 James Thomas, 8 Ed Jackson.
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Luke Garrett, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Rynard Landman, 20 Harrison Keddie, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Dorian Jones, 23 Carl Meyer.
Munster v Scarlets (3pm)
Head Coach Anthony Foley has named an unchanged side as Munster bid to secure Champions Cup qualification.
Munster need two points from this game to secure Champions Cup rugby in 2016/17, anything less and they could open the door for Ospreys.
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac has been forced to make three changes to last week's starting line-up due to injuries with Gareth Owen, Peter Edwards and Steff Hughes drafted into the starting XV to replace Michael Collins, Samson Lee and Scott Williams.
The Scarlets will hope to secure a victory in the final game of the regular PRO12 season to keep hopes of a play-off spot alive. Scarlets will also be keeping a keen eye on the score at the Liberty Stadium as Ospreys welcome fourth-placed Ulster.
Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Johnny Holland, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Dave Kilcoyne, 2 Niall Scannell, 3 Stephen Archer, 4 Dave Foley, 5 Billy Holland, 6 Dave O'Callaghan, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 8 CJ Stander (c).
Replacements: 16 Mike Sherry, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Jack O'Donoghue, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Ronan O'Mahony
Scarlets: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Gareth Owen, 13 Steff Hughes, 12 Hadeigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans 10 Steve Shingler 9 Aled Davies; 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ken Owens (c), 3 Peter Edwards, 4 Jake Ball, 5 David Bulbring, 6 Lewis Rawlins, 7 James Davies, 8 John Barclay.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Dylan Evans, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Tom Price, 20 Morgan Allen, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Aled Thomas, 23 Michael Tagicakibau
Leinster v Treviso (3pm)
Garry Ringrose, who was short listed for an IRUPA Young Player of the Year Award earlier this week, starts at centre for his 20th Leinster appearance of the season beside Ben Te'o, while Eoin Reddan partners Johnny Sexton at half-back.
In the front row there is one change with Mike Ross coming in for Tadhg Furlong. Devin Toner is joined by Mick Kearney in the second row.
Jordi Murphy comes into the back row at openside in place of the injured Josh van der Flier, while vice-captain Jamie Heaslip continues from the base of the scrum.
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Isa Nacewa (c), 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Ben Te'o, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan; 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Richardt Strauss, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Mick Kearney, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Jordi Murphy, 8 Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Noel Reid
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Tommaso Iannone, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Luke McLean, 9 Edoardo Gori; 1 Matteo Zanusso, 2 Ornel Gega, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 Filo Paulo, 6 Francesco Minto, 7 Alessandro Zanni (c), 8 Abraham Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Andrea De Marchi, 21 Alberto Lucchese, 22 James Ambrosini, 23 Enrico Bacchin
