As the Six Nations takes a break, all attention turns to the BKT United Rugby Championship with all four Irish provinces in action.
League leaders Leinster have a top of the table clash against Benetton on Saturday, while Connacht visit Cardiff on the same day.
Ulster are at Ospreys on Sunday and the Irish interest begins tonight when Munster take in Scarlets in Wales.
Rounds 10 and 11 of the tournament will be the marked as the 'Origin Rounds' where teams, players and fans will celebrate the communities and people who helped launch the careers of hundreds of rugby players and coaches. You'll notice the different colour socks on view.
ONLINE
We'll have live scoring as well as reports and reaction from the games.
TV
Leinster v Benetton (Saturday, 3pm) and Cardiff v Connacht (Saturday, 5.15pm) are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.
TG4 will be showing live coverage of Scarlets v Munster (Friday, 7.35pm), while Ospreys v Ulster (Sunday, 3pm) is on Premier Sport.
All games are shown live on URC.tv.
RADIO
Updates from Leinster, Connacht and Ulster's games on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport.
WEATHER
There's light rain forecast for Dublin Saturday afternoon, a mild breeze and temperatures of about 13C.
Heavy rain is on the way to Cardiff for Connacht's outing, with similar temperatures forecast.
Sunday in Swansea is set for cloudy weather in about 12C for Ulster's game.
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The big news is that RG Snyman has recovered from a shoulder / chest injury and is in line for his seasonal Munster debut, as is Mike Haley.
Defending champions Munster are in 11th place just one point off the play-off places and need to put together a decent run soon.
They scraped into the last-16 in the Champions Cup and have lost on their last two league outings, to Leinster and Connacht.
Their most recent away win in the URC was in last season's final over the Stormers in Cape Town, while Graham Rowntree's side have lost on their last three visits to Wales but boast a five-game winning run against the Scarlets.
The Welsh side’s only victory in their last six championship matches was 29-23 at Cardiff in early December.
Scarlets: Johnny McNicholl; Tomi Lewis, Joe Roberts, Eddie James, Ioan Nicholas; Dan Jones, Archie Hughes; Kemsley Mathias, Eduan Swart, Harri O'Connor; Alex Craig, Sam Lousi (capt); Jarrod Taylor, Dan Davis, Vaea Fifita.
Replacements: Harry Thomas, Wyn Jones, Sam Wainwright, Jac Price, Teddy Leatherbarrow, Efan Jones, Charlie Titcombe, Steff Evans.
Munster: Mike Haley; Seán O'Brien, Antoine Frisch, Alex Nankivell, Shane Daly; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Oli Jager; Tom Ahern, RG Snyman; Ruadhán Quinn, Alex Kendellen (capt), Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Eoghan Clarke, Josh Wycherley, John Ryan, Fineen Wycherley, Jack O’Sullivan, Ethan Coughlan, Rory Scannell, Shay McCarthy.
Referee: Ian Kenny (SRU, 2nd game)
Leinster welcome the Italians to RDS for a top of the table clash. Leo Cullen's side are two points ahead in the standings.
The hosts seven-game winning run in the URC ended with their 21-22 defeat to Ulster at the RDS Arena in Round 9 but Leinster have never lost back-to-back championship matches at the venue.
Ross Byrne and Jamie Osborne return from injury to start for Leinster, while Henry McErlean makes his debut.
Treviso have won their last two away games in all competitions and have not won three in a row on their travels in the same season since 2009/10.
Leinster’s only two defeats to Benetton were in Treviso in September 2010 and at the RDS in April 2018. This was also Benetton’s most recent victory in Ireland.
Marco Bortolami's side includes Malakai Fekitoa in the centre.
Leinster: Henry McErlean; Tommy O'Brien, Liam Turner, Jamie Osborne, Rob Russell; Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath; Jack Boyle, Lee Barron, Thomas Clarkson; Ross Molony, Jason Jenkins; Will Connors, Scott Penny (capt), Max Deegan.
Replacements: John McKee, Ed Byrne, Michael Ala’alatoa, Brian Deeny, Rhys Ruddock, Ben Murphy, Sam Prendergast, Ben Brownlee.
Benetton: Jacob Umaga; Ignacio Mendy, Malakai Fekitoa, Marco Zanon, Onisi Ratave; Tomas Albornoz, Andy Uren; Henry Time-Stowers, Toa Halafihi, Giovanni Pettinelli; Eli Snyman (capt), Gideon Koegelenberg; Tiziano Pasquali, Siua Maile, Thomas Gallo.
Replacements: Giacomo Nicotera, Federico Zani, Filippo Alongi, Riccardo Favretto, Alessandro Izekor, Alessandro Garbisi, Leonardo Marin, Filippo Drago.
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU, 11th game)
Connacht are just three points ahead of Cardiff in the table so this game is a real opportunity to put some distance between their opposition.
Pete Wilkins side sit ninth and come in off the back of a 22-9 win over Munster in their last league outing, while they completed the pool stages of their Champions Cup campaign with a big win over Bristol.
Connacht's only away win in any competition this season was 13-12 over the Sharks in Durban in Round 5, while they have won their last seven games against Welsh regions.
They make four changes to the team that beat the Bear with Dave Heffernan, Jack Aungier, Conor Oliver and the fit-again Cathal Forde all back in the side.
Matt Sherratt’s men have won just two of their last seven URC matches, both at home to the Stormers in Round 6 and the Dragons in Round 8.
This is Cardiff’s first fixture against an Irish province this season, and in 2022/23 they lost their last three such encounters.
Cardiff: Jacob Beetham; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Aled Summershill; Tinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan; Rhys Carré, Liam Belcher, Will Davies-King; Shane Lewis-Hughes, Seb Davies; Ben Donnell; Thomas Young, Lopeti Timani.
Replacements: Efan Daniel, Rhys Barratt, Ciaran Parker, Alun Lawrence, Mackenzie Martin, Jamie Hill, Arwel Robson, Willis Halaholo.
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran; Shayne Bolton, David Hawkshaw, Cathal Forde, Andrew Smith; JJ Hanrahan, Caolin Blade (capt); Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Jack Aungier; Niall Murray, Joe Joyce; Shamus Hurley-Langton, Conor Oliver, Cian Prendergast.
Replacements: Tadgh McElroy, Peter Dooley, Sam Illo, Oisín Dowling, Jarrad Butler, Michael McDonald, Jack Carty, Tom Farrell.
Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 40th game)
Ulster have won on their last seven outings against Welsh opposition but come in on the back of a morale-damaging defeat to Harlequins in the Champions Cup last time out.
Dan McFarland's side have won their last two URC fixtures since their 24-27 defeat at home to Edinburgh in Round.
Their only away win in any competition since October was by a single point at Leinster in Round 9 of the URC.
Ulster have named Ireland internationals Iain Henderson, Jacob Stockdale, Tom Stewart and Nick Timoney following their release from Six Nations camp in their squad.
Ospreys, meanwhile, have won their last two URC matches against Scarlets and Cardiff and have not won three in succession in the Championship since May 2022.
Toby Booth’s side have not lost at home in any competition since Glasgow were the visitors in Round 4 of the championship.
Ospreys: Jack Walsh; Mat Protheroe, Dom Morris, Keiran Williams. Keelan Giles; Dan Edwards, Reuben Morgan-Williams; Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Tom Botha; James Ratti, Victor Sekekete; Harri Deaves, Justin Tipuric (capt), Morgan Morse.
Replacements: Lewis Lloyd, Rhys Henry, Ben Warren, Lewis Jones, Will Hickey, Cameron Jones, Alex Cuthbert, Evardi Boshoff.
Ulster: Will Addison; Mike Lowry, James Hume, Jude Postlethwaite, Jacob Stockdale; Jake Flannery, Nathan Doak; Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Marty Moore; Harry Sheridan, Iain Henderson (capt); David McCann, Marcus Rea, Nick Timoney.
Replacements: Tom Stewart, Steven Kitshoff, Scott Wilson, Cormac Izuchukwu, Matty Rea, Dave Shanahan, Luke Marshall, Ethan McIlroy.
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR, 5th game)
FULL LIST OF RESULTS, FIXTURES AND STANDINGS HERE
