{"id":717204,"date":"2026-06-05T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717204\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:41:22","slug":"united-rugby-championship-semi-finals-predictions-team-news-tv-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717204\/","title":{"rendered":"United Rugby Championship semi-finals: Predictions, team news, TV coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The teams for the United Rugby Championship (URC) semi-finals have been named as the four remaining sides battle it out for a spot in the final on June 20.<\/p>\n

Check on all the team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below.<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors v Bulls<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bulls by 2<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors<\/a>: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Patrick Schickerling
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Jare Oguntibeju, 20 Euan Ferrie, 21 Sione Vailanu, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Adam Hastings<\/p>\n

Bulls<\/a>: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Jeandre Rudolph, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Nizaam Carr<\/p>\n

Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 14.30 IRE & UK \/ 15.30 ITA & SA
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 117th league game)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (IRFU), Robbie Jenkinson (IRFU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv<\/p>\n

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Leinster v Stormers<\/p>\n

Prediction: Leinster by 12<\/p>\n

Leinster<\/a>: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jimmy O\u2019Brien, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jamie Osborne, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 R\u00f3nan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Alex Usanov, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Garry Ringrose<\/p>\n

Stormers<\/a>: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Wandisile Simelane, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Adr\u00e9 Smith, 3 Neethling Fouch\u00e9, 2 Andr\u00e9-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotz\u00e9, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Warrick Gelant<\/p>\n

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17.30 IRE & UK \/ 18.30 ITA & SA
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU, 29th league game)
Assistant Referees: Sam Grove-White (SRU), Adam Jones (SRU)
TMO: Mike Adamson (SRU)
How to watch: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo Rugby & URC.tv<\/p>\n

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