All you need to know: Lions vs Connacht

Round 16 of the URC will see us head to Johannesburg to take on the Lions at Emirates Airlines Park.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's game in South Africa.

When’s the game?

Kick-off is 15:00 Irish time and 16:00 South African time, Saturday April 26th.

How will the two teams line up?

The Connacht management team will announce their squad on Friday at midday when it will be named on connachtrugby.ie and the Connacht Rugby social channels.

State of play so far:

Connacht came away from their first game in South Africa with two losing bonus points. Against a quality Stormers side with plenty of Springboks in their squad Connacht were so close to getting a win in Cape Town. The two points got keeps Connacht in the hunt for the last eight with three games remaining in the season.

The Lions are winless in their last five games including a defeat at home to Benetton on Saturday, 42-31. The Lions are 14th in the standings of the URC, nine points off the play-off spots.

Recent Meetings vs Lions:

2023/24 - CON 14-38 LIO

2022/23 - CON 43-24 LIO

2021/22 - LIO 30-33 CON

Officials:

REF - Hollie Davidson

AR - Morne Ferreira

AR - Hanru van Rooyen

TMO - Sam Grove-White

Top try scorers:

9 - Ben Murphy

6 - Paul Boyle

5 - Cathal Forde, Dylan Tierney-Martin and Shamus Hurley-Langton

4 - Chay Mullins, Dave Heffernan, David Hawkshaw, Josh Murphy Sean Jansen, Shane Jennings and Shayne Bolton

3 - Caolin Blade, Cian Prendergast, Finn Treacy and Matthew Devine

2 - Byron Ralston, Joe Joyce, Josh Ioane, Mack Hansen, Oisin Dowling and Piers O'Conor

1 - Adam McBurney, Bundee Aki, Eoin de Buitlear, Finlay Bealham, Jack Aungier, Santi Cordero and Sean O'Brien

Tickets:

Tickets available through the Lions.

Where to watch:

TG4 and Supersport

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