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URC, Round 11 - Teams and Predictions 

By Angus Opperman
Thursday 29 Jan 2026

FRIDAY PREVIEW: The battle for top honours is on when Franco Smith’s Glasgow Warriors host Munster at Scotstoun Stadium.

The Warriors climbed to the summit of the United Rugby Championship table last weekend following their 26-21 victory over Zebre, aided by the Sharks’ 19-30 win over the Stormers, who topped the log heading into Round 10.

Clayton McMillan’s Munster could jump up to second spot should they win with a bonus point and deny Glasgow any log points, drawing level with the Warriors on 39.

Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Franco Smith said: “We are looking forward to seeing our full squad involved this weekend, with everyone eager to finish this block in the right manner.”

“Munster are a proud club with a strong heritage of challenging across all competitions – they will be pushing for the top four once again this season and will bring a strong, physical challenge on Friday night.

“Everyone is looking forward to the test that lies ahead, and running out in front of what’s set to be another sold-out Scotstoun Stadium.”

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In Treviso, Benetton will hope to break into the top eight when they host the second-last place Scarlets at the Stadio Monigo.

Despite the Scarlets’ low position in the standings, they showed their ability to topple any team on the day following their shock 27-22 win over Ulster in Round 10.

Benetton Head Coach Calum MacRae said: “Scarlets are one of the URC teams that use the kicking game the most and build their opportunities through territorial control.

“The aerial game is an area we definitely need to improve”

Scarlets Interim Director of Rugby Nigel Davies said: “We have looked at these URC games, Ulster and Benetton, as a two-game series, and it’s important we back up last weekend’s win – we’ve done the first bit, now our focus is on another massive game.

“Benetton have recruited well, are coached well and play a good brand of rugby. Like us, they have players missing, but will still be very strong.

“We have selected a side with a lot of talented young players who I am excited to see step up to the challenge on Friday night.”

*See the teams and predictions for Friday below!

Friday, January 29

Benetton v Scarlets

(Stadio Monigo, Treviso – Kick-off: 20.45 CET; 19.45 GMT)

Prediction 

@Rugby365: Benetton by 12 points

Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Paolo Odogwu, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Nicolas Roger Farias, 9 Andy Uren (captain), 8 So’otala Fa’aso’o, 7 Jadin Kingi, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Giulio Marini, 3 Marcos Gallorini, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Thomas Gallo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Destiny Aminu, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Scott Scrafton, 20 Nelson Casartelli, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Matt Gallagher, 23 Filippo Drago

Scarlets: 15 Jac Davies, 14 Macs Page, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams (captain), 11 Tomi Lewis, 10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Max Douglas, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Jac Price, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Alec Hepburn
Replacements: 16 Harry Thomas, 17 Josh Morse, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Billy McBryde, 23 Iori Badham

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Clara Munarini (Italy), Bisetto Luca (Italy)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)

Glasgow Warriors v Munster

(Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow – Kick-off: 19.45 GMT)

Prediction 

@Rugby365: Glasgow Warriors by three points

Teams 

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Rowe, 13 Stafford McDowall (captain), 12 Kerr Yule, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 Ben Afshar, 8 Ally Miller, 7 Angus Fraser, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Jare Oguntibeju, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Murphy Walker, 2 Seb Stephen, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Dylan Cockburn, 20 Sione Vailanu, 21 Macenzzie Duncan, 22 Jack Oliver, 23 Matthew Urwin

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Shane Daly, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 10 Tony Butler, 9 Ethan Coughlan, 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 Ruadhán Quinn, 6 Seán Edogbo, 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Evan O’Connell, 3 Oli Jager, 2 Diarmuid Barron (captain), 1 Josh Wycherley
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 John Ryan, 19 Gavin Coombes, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Tom Wood, 23 Seán O’Brien

Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ian Kenny (Scotland), David Sutherland (Scotland)
TMO: Adam Jones (Wales)

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