Munster v Connacht: Teams
Connacht have made one change to their side ahead of their Magners League away clash with league leaders Munster on Saturday.
Last Updated: 17/04/09 4:08pm
Connacht have made one change ahead of their Magners League away clash with league leaders Munster on Saturday.
Troy Nathan comes into the back-line to form a new centre partnership alongside Niva Ta'auso for the first time, but Connacht are still waiting on a number of injury concerns to determine how the forwards will shape up.
Either Andrew Browne or Michael Swift could start in the second row alongside Andrew Farley and at number eight there is still a question mark over Ray Ofisa, with Colm Rigney likely to deputise in his absence.
Munster: 15 Denis Hurley, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Barry Murphy, 12 Keith Earls, 11 Ian Dowling, 10 Paul Warwick, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Nick Williams, 5 Donncha Ryan, 4, Mick O'Driscoll (c), 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Denis Fogerty, 1 Federico Pucciariello.
Replacements: 16 Michael Essex, 17 Marcus Horan, 18 Billy Holland, 19 David Wallace, 20 Tomas O'Leary, 21, Ronan O'Gara, 22, Lifeimi Mafi.
Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Fionn Carr, 13 Niva Ta'auso, 12 Troy Nathan, 11 Liam Bibo, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Frank Murphy, 8 Colm Rigney/Ray Ofisa, 7 Johnny O'Connor, 6 John Muldoon (capt), 5 Andrew Farley, 4 Andrew Browne/Michael Swift, 3 Ronan Loughney, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Adrian Flavin, 17 Brian McGovern, 18 Michael Swift/David Gannon, 19 Colm Rigney/David Nolan, 20 Conor O'Loughlin, 21 Andy Dunne, 22 Mel Deane.
