What time and TV channel is Bulls v Leinster on in the URC today?

Leinster's second row giant RG Snyman gets the nod for his eighth start of the season on his return home to South Africa. Snyman, 30, started a few games at the start of the season but has mostly been used as a reserve since.

However Leo Cullen has turned to the two-time World Cup winner for the clash with the Bulls, the first of two URC fixtures on South African soil for the province.

Leinster have the cushion of a big lead in the table but the chasing pack, including the Bulls, are hoping to put a dent in that advantage over the next two weekends as the province makes do without their Ireland frontliners, who are resting up after the Six Nations.

While Wille Le Roux returns for the Bulls, Cullen has made three changes from the side that beat Cardiff Blues at the start of the month with Jordie Barrett and James Culhane also returning.

Where is the game on?

The match takes place at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

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What time is kick-off?

The match kicks off on Saturday at 3pm Irish time

What TV channel is it on?

The game will be shown live on RTÉ2 and Premier Sports 1 and it will also be streamed on URC.tv

Betting

Bulls are to win, Leinster are to win, the draw is

Experienced

Cullen was able to select a highly experienced half-back partnership in skipper Luke McGrath and Ross Byrne. Jack McGrath, who made his Ireland debut against Wales during the Six Nations, starts at loosehead while another Six Nations debutant, Thomas Clarkson, is on the bench.

Academy centre Hugh Cooney joins Barrett at centre, Jimmy O'Brien starts at full-back with Tommy O'Brien and academy star Andrew Osborne on the wings.

“The Bulls are a very well organised, settled side with a lot of international experience and a good coaching team around them,” said Leinster senior coach Jacques Nienaber. “In rugby, you want to test yourself against the best and that’s what we will do on Saturday. We know we will have to be at our best mentally and physically to get an opportunity and then we have to take those opportunities.

“How exciting to come to Loftus to play a team that’s got multiple threats all over the board. It will be a proper Test match for us here. The Bulls are operating at a very high level. If you look at the squad Jake White has built, it’s a full on international squad. We expect it will be a Test match intensity game.”

Vodacom Bulls: Willie le Roux, Sebastian de Klerk, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Stravino Jacobs, Keagan Johannes, Embrose Papier, Alulutho Tshakweni, Akker van der Merwe, Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, JF van Heerden, Marcell Coetzee (captain), Jannes Kirsten, Cameron Hanekom.

Replacements:Johan Grobbelaar, Jan-hendrik Wessels, Mornay Smith, Reinhardt Ludwig, Marco van Staden, Nizaam Carr, Zak Burger, Devon Williams.

Leinster: Jimmy O’Brien, Tommy O’Brien, Hugh Cooney, Jordie Barrett, Andrew Osborne, Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath (captain), Jack Boyle, John McKee, Rabah Slimani, RG Snyman, Diarmuid Mangan, Max Deegan, Will Connors, James Culhane.

Replacements: Stephen Smyth, Ivan Soroka, Thomas Clarkson, Brian Deeny, Alex Soroka, Scott Penny, Fintan Gunne, Ciarán Frawley.

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