Munster head coach Johan van Grann has named his side for tomorrow’s Guinness PRO14 clash with Southern Kings.
There are four changes from the 39-9 win over the Dragons last week.
Liam O’Connor and Darren O’Shea are included in the pack; Alby Mathewson is named at scrum half; while Dan Goggin comes in at outside centere.
Kick-off at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium tomorrow is 3pm Irish time.
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O’Connor joins Kevin O’Byrne and Stephen Archer in the front row, while O’Shea partners Fineen Wycherley in the engine room.
It’s as you were in the back row of Jack O’Donoghue, Tommy O’Donnell and Arno Botha, with O’Donnell taking over the captaincy duties this week.
Mathewson joins JJ Hanrahan in the half-back pairing, and with Rory Scannell switching to the 12 jersey Goggin comes in at outside centre in an otherwise unchanged backline.
Named in the replacements is Academy hooker Diarmuid Barron, and the province’s short-term signing, Jed Holloway, who is line to make his Guinness PRO14 debut.
Munster: Mike Haley; Darren Sweetnam, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; JJ Hanrahan, Alby Mathewson; Liam O’Connor, Kevin O’Byrne, Stephen Archer; Darren O’Shea, Fineen Wycherley; Jack O’Donoghue, Tommy O’Donnell (C), Arno Botha.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, James Cronin, Jeremy Loughman, Jed Holloway, Billy Holland, Neil Cronin, Tyler Bleyendaal, Chris Cloete.
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Munster’s ‘A’ side are in Celtic Cup action this evening in Ulster.
Kick-off at Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast is 5pm.
