A massive night in the Race to Eight kicks off the final round of the United Rugby Championship regular season as three games are set to take place on Friday.

Stormers tackle Cardiff in the first match of the evening in Cape Town before Edinburgh host Ulster and Munster collide with Benetton in a mouth-watering showdown in Cork.

Craig Casey will hit 100 games for Munster while Jean Kleyn reaches the 150 match milestone in their crucial fixture with the Italian outfit, who beat Glasgow last time out.

Elsewhere, Manie Libbok starts for the Stormers against Cardiff while Harry Paterson and James Lang return for Edinburgh in their match against Ulster at Hive Stadium.

Here’s the team news for Friday’s URC action.

Stormers v Cardiff

Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Louw Nel, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole
Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Paul de Villiers, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Ben Loader

Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Gabe Hamer-Webb, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Alex Mann, 6 Alun Lawrence, 5 Teddy Williams (c), 4 Josh McNally, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Evan Lloyd, 1 Danny Southworth
Replacements: 16 Dafydd Hughes, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Rhys Litterick, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 James Botham, 21 Dan Thomas, 22 Johan Mulder, 23 Rory Jennings

Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 18.00 IRE & UK / 19.00 ITA / 19.00 SA
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
Assistant Referees: AJ Jacobs (SARU), Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)
TMO: Andrea Piardi (FIR)
Live on: SuperSport, BBC Wales, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Springboks fly-half Manie Libbok makes his long-awaited return as Stormers ring the changes for Cardiff clash

Edinburgh v Ulster

Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Harry Paterson, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ali Price, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Ben Muncaster, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 D’arcy Rae, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Paddy Harrison, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Young, 20 Jamie Ritchie, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Mark Bennett

Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Jude Postlethwaite, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Jack Murphy, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 David McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 5 Iain Henderson (c), 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Andrew Warwick
Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Callum Reid, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 James McNabney, 21 Dave Shanahan, 22 Aidan Morgan, 23 Stewart Moore

Venue: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19.35 IRE & UK / 20.35 ITA / 20.35 SA
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
Assistant Referees: Ru Campbell (SRU), Rob McDowell (SRU)
TMO: Tom Spurrier (WRU)
Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Paolo Odogwu predicts ‘floodgates’ will open for URC underdogs Benetton after ‘mindset’ shift

Munster v Benetton

Munster: 15 Thaakir Abrahams, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Michael Milne
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 John Ryan, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Tom Ahern, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Seán O’Brien, 23 Alex Kendellen

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Ignacio Brex, 11 Paolo Odogwu, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Riccardo Favretto, 5 Federico Ruzza (c), 4 Scott Scrafton, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Giosué Zilocchi, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Sebastian Negri, 21 Nicolò Casilio, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Malakai Fekitoa

Venue: Virgin Media Park, Cork
Kick-off: 20.00 IRE & UK / 21.00 ITA / 21.00 SA
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
Assistant Referees: Robbie Jenkinson (IRFU), Sam Holt (IRFU)
TMO: David Sutherland (SRU)
Live on: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

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