Appreciate you guys where probably focused on the Rugby Championship and Curry Cup final but a quick update on the results of the first round of the URC.
Edinburgh 31-33 Leinster
Cardiff 22-17 Zebre
Dragons 23-21 Ospreys
Munster 35-33 Connacht
Benetton 20-20 Scarlets
Ulster 20-19 Glasgow
Watched the Edinburgh v Leinster game and it was pretty decent game for a first game of the season. Edinburgh could have won it with better place kicking but Ben Healy had a bit of mare.
The other game I watched was Munster v Connacht and it was a cracker. 5 tries a piece with the lead changing hands multiple times.
All the games where competitive with the biggest winning margin being 5 points and all teams came away with some points on the log.
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Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Mason Grady, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Ben Donnell, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 James Botham, 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Liam Belcher (captain), 1 Danny Southworth.
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Alun Lawrence, 21 Johan Mulder, 22 Tinus de Beer, 23 Harri Millard.
Zebre: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Ben Cambriani, 13 Giulio Bertaccini, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Jacopo Trulla, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Ratko Jelic, 8 Giovanni Licata (captain), 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Davide Ruggeri, 5 Leonard Krumov, 4 Matteo Canali, 3 Matteo Nocera, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Luca Rizzoli.
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Juan Pitinari, 19 Andrea Zambonin, 20 Giacomo Ferrari, 21 Rodrigo Patricio, 22 Francesco Ruffolo, 23 Giacomo Da Re.
Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mosese Tuipulotu, 12 Matt Currie, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ali Price, 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Paul Hill, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Boan Venter, 18 D’arcy Rae, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Emiliano Boffelli.
Leinster: 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Charlie Tector, 11 Jordan Larmour, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan (captain), 7 Scott Penny, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Gus McCarthy, 1 Michael Milne.
Replacements: 16 John McKee, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 James Culhane, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Rob Russell.
Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Joe Westwood, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Lloyd Evans, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Ben Carter (captain), 3 Leon Brown, 2 Brodie Coghlan, 1 Rodrigo Martinez.
Replacements: 16 James Benjamin, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Luke Yendle, 19 George Nott, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Harry Wilson, 23 Ewan Rosser.
Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Luke Morgan, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Ryan Conbeer, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Jac Morgan (captain), 5 Adam Beard, 4 James Ratti, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Gareth Thomas
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Replacements: 16 Lewis Lloyd, 17 Steffan Thomas, 18 Math Iowerth-Scott, 19 Huw Sutton, 20 Harri Deaves, 21 Luke Davies, 22 Phil Cokanasiga, 23 Max Nagy.
Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Ruadhán Quinn, 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Diarmuid Barron (captain), 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Alex Kendellen, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 Tony Butler, 23 Seán O’Brien.
Connacht: 15 Santiago Cordero, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Shayne Bolton, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Ben Murphy, 8 Cian Prendergast, (captain) 7 Conor Oliver, 6 Josh Murphy, 5 Darragh Murray, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Denis Buckley.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Sam Illo, 19 Oisín Dowling, 20 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 David Hawkshaw, 23 Sean Jansen.
Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman (captain), 4 Scott Scrafton, 3 Nahuel Tetaz, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Spanish Mirco.
Replacements: 16 Marco Manfredi, 17 Destiny Aminu, 18 Riccardo Genovese, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Leonardo Marin, 23 Paolo Odogwu.
Scarlets: 15 Tom Rogers, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Macs Page, 12 Ioan Lloyd, 11 Blair Murray, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies (captain),8 Vaea Fifita, 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Max Douglas, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Sam Wainwright, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Kemsley Mathias.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias 17 Sam O’Connor, 18 Gabe Hawley, 19 Jac Price, 20 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 21 Efan Jones, 22 Johnny Williiams, 23 Jac Davies.
Ulster: 15 Ethan McIlroy, 14 Mike Lowry, 13 Stewart Moore, 12 Jude Postlethwaite, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 David McCann, 6 James McNabney, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Iain Henderson (captain), 3 Corrie Barrett, 2 John Andrew, 1 Eric O’Sullivan.
Replacements: 16 James McCormick, 17 Andrew Warwick, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 Cormac Izuchukwu, 21 Dave Shanahan, 22 James Humphreys, 23 Werner Kok.
Glasgow: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Steyn (captain), 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Jamie Dobie, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Adam Hastings.