In one of the two earlier kick-offs on Saturday, at 3pm, we have two sides who will be desperate to climb the ladder and jostle for position in the hyper-competitive Conference B.

Scarlets, Connacht, Munster, Edinburgh, Cardiff Blues and Benetton have all been in close battles for Final Series positions in recent seasons while a rapidly-changing Isuzu Southern Kings setup will be doing all they can to join the pack – no doubt it’s all going to go down to the wire.

Both of Saturday’s opponents are without a win so far but the Kings pushed both the Blues and Munster close in Rounds 1 and 2 and a youthful squad enjoyed a strong second half against Ulster last time out.

Likewise at Benetton, who in reality produced a stunning second half to almost shock Ospreys at Liberty Stadium, producing two late tries despite going down to 14 men to finish up at 24-20.

Kick-off: Stadio Monigo, Treviso | KO 15:00 (UK) / 16:00 (ITA & SA)

How to watch: Live on eir sport 2, FreeSports, Supersport 2, DAZN, PRO14.tv

Players to watch out for: IanKeatley (Benetton) and DemetriCatrakilis (Kings)

Who else could we select for this other than the evergreen Ian Keatley? The multi-talented fly-half is currently on 199 Championship appearances and in line to hit a huge milestone.

He will become only the fourth player to reach 200 appearances this weekend, the others being John Muldoon, Matthew Rees and Ross Ford – Keatley the only back.

Catrakilis will be the man attempting to stop the party and has had a good start to life in South Africa, he has the class from time at the Stormers, Montpellier and Harlequins to make a real difference this season.

Key stat: The Italians’ record against South African opponents in the Championship is won five, lost one, with the defeat being on a visit to Toyota Cheetahs in November 2018.

Benetton: Luca Sperandio, Ratuva Tavuyara, Ignacio Brex, Alberto Sgarbi, Angelo Esposito, Ian Keatley, Dewaldt Duvenage; Federico Zani, Tomas Baravalle, Tiziano Pasquali, Niccolò Cannone, Eli Snyman, Sebastian Negri, Marco Barbini, Toa Halafihi

Replacements : Engjel Makelara, Cherif Traore, Michele Mancini Parri, Federico Ruzza, Giovanni Pettinelli, Tito Tebaldi, Antonio Rizzi, Marco Zanon

Isuzu Southern Kings: Masixole Banda, Christopher Hollis, Sibusiso Sithole, Tertius Kruger, Josiah Twum-Boafo, Demetri Catrakilis, Josh Allderman; Juan Schoeman, Jacques du Toit, Pieter Scholtz, Bobby de Wee, Aston Fortuin, Lusanda Badiyana, Tienie Burger, Ruaan Lerm

Replacements : Alandre van Rooyen, Xandre Vos, Rossouw de Klerk, JC Astle, Thembelani Bholi, Elrigh Louw, Siya Masuku, Erich Cronje

Cardiff City Stadium will play host to the 2020 Guinness PRO14 Final on June 20 as one of the most exciting days in the club rugby calendar comes to Wales!

General sale tickets are available from http://bit.ly/PRO14Cardiff2020 and prices start at just £13 for concessions and £26 for adults (subject to booking fees), that’s a 15% early bird discount. Family ticket (2 adults / 2 children) prices begin at £64 and fans are encouraged to buy early to get the best value tickets.