The United Rugby Championship (URC) continues this weekend with Round 16 seeing three games take place on Friday night with the remaining five scheduled on Saturday.

Check on all the team news, our predictions, how to watch and more below.

Friday

Cardiff v Ospreys

Prediction: Cardiff by 3

Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Jacob Beetham, 13 Ben Thomas, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Tom Bowen, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Alun Lawrence, 5 Rory Thornton, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Liam Belcher (c), 1 Rhys Barratt
Replacements: 16 Daf Hughes, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 George Nott, 20 Evan Lloyd, 21 Alex Mann, 22 Ellis Bevan, 23 Ioan Lloyd

Ospreys: 15 Jack Walsh, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Keiran Williams, 11 Luke Morgan, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Jac Morgan (c), 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Steffan Thomas, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Huw Sutton, 20 Ross Moriarty, 21 Harri Deaves, 22 Kieran Hardy, 23 Max Nagy

Venue: Cardiff Arms Park
Kick-off: 19:00 UK / 20:00 SA/ITA
Referee: Christopher Allison (SARU, 10th game)
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones (WRU), Carwyn Sion (WRU)
TMO: Morne Ferreira (SARU)
How to watch: S4C, Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

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Zebre Parma v Dragons

Prediction: Dragons by 2

Zebre Parma: 15 Giovanni Montemauri, 14 Malik Faissal, 13 Giulio Bertaccini, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Giovanni Licata (c), 7 Davide Odiase, 6 Alessandro Ortombina, 5 Alessandro Ortombina, 4 Leonard Krumov, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio
Replacements: 16 Shilo Klein, 17 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Bautista Stavile, 20 Samuele Locatelli, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Marco Zanon, 23 Jacopo Trulla

Dragons: 15 Angus O’Brien (cc), 14 David Richards, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes (cc), 5 Ben Carter, 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Brodie Coghlan, 1 Rodrigo Martinez
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Owain James, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Seb Davies, 21 Morgan Lloyd, 22 Harri Ackerman, 23 Huw Anderson

Venue: Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Kick-off: 19:45 UK / 20:45 ITA/SA
Referee: Ru Campbell (SRU, 3rd game)
Assistant Referees: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR), Lorenzo Pedezzi (FIR)
TMO: Colin Brett (SRU)
How to watch: Sky Italia, Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

Edinburgh v Sharks

Prediction: Sharks by 10

Edinburgh: 15 Piers O’Conor, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mosese Tuipulotu, 12 Findlay Thomson, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Cammy Scott, 9 Hector Patterson, 8 Tom Currie, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Glen Young, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Dylan Richardson, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Tom Dodd, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Jack Brown

Sharks: 15 Zekhethelo Siyaya, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Andre Esterhuizen (c), 12 Siya Masuku, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jean Smith, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Fez Mbatha, 1 Phatu Ganyane
Replacements: 16 Eduan Swart, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Nick Hatton, 21 Siya Kolisi, 22 Bradley Davids, 23 Marnus Potgieter

Venue: Hive Stadium
Kick-off: 19:45 UK / 20:45 SA/ITA
Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU, 19th game)
Assistant Referees: Rob McDowell (SRU), Jonny MacKenzie (SRU)
TMO: Keith David (WRU)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, BKT URC.tv and FloRugby

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Saturday

Stormers v Glasgow Warriors

Prediction:

Stormers:

Glasgow Warriors:

Venue: DHL Stadium
Kick-off: 12:45 UK / 13:45 SA/ITA
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU, 38th game)
Assistant Referees: Griffin Colby (SARU), Dylen November (SARU)
TMO: Peter Martin (IRFU)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

Lions v Connacht

Prediction:

Lions:

Connacht:

Venue: Ellis Park
Kick-off: 15:00 UK / 16:00 SA/ITA
Referee: Filippo Russo (FIR, 8th game)
Assistant Referees: Hanru van Rooyen (SARU), Jonathan Lottering (SARU)
TMO: Federico Vedovelli (FIR)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, TG4, URC.tv and FloRugby

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Munster v Ulster

Prediction:

Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Andrew Smith, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tom Ahern, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Ben O’Donovan, 22 Dan Kelly, 23 Alex Kendellen

Ulster:

Venue: Thomond Park
Kick-off: 17:30 UK / 18:30 SA/ITA
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 62nd game)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Cole (IRFU), Andrew Fogarty (IRFU)
TMO: Dave Sutherland (SRU)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

Scarlets v Bulls

Prediction:

Scarlets:

Bulls:

Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 19:45 UK / 20:45 SA/ITA
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR, 49th game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse (WRU), Lloyd Edwards (WRU)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

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Benetton v Leinster

Prediction:

Benetton:

Leinster:

Venue: Stadio Monigo
Kick-off: 19:45 UK / 20:45 SA/ITA
Referee: Morne Ferreira (SARU, 23rd game)
Assistant Referees: Alberto Favaro (FIR), Alex Frasson (FIR)
TMO: Christopher Allison (SARU)
How to watch: Sky Italia, TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv and FloRugby

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