Guinness PRO12: Tomas O'Leary to make Munster return
Saturday 17 October 2015 19:00, UK
Team news for Saturday's Guinness PRO12 fixtures as Tomas O'Leary is included for Munster.
Munster v Cardiff
CJ Stander will captain a side that sees six changes to the starting XV that defeated Glasgow with Tomás O'Leary included in the matchday squad for the first time since his move from London Irish.
Hooker Matthew Rees captains the Blues as he makes his first start of this campaign as Danny Wilson makes four changes to the team that narrowly lost out to Connacht.
Lou Reed is brought back into the side in the second row and will win his 50th cap.
Munster: 15 Andrew Conway, 14 Shane Monahan, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Gerhard van den Heever, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Duncan Williams, 1 Dave Kilcoyne, 2 Mike Sherry, 3 BJ Botha, 4 Mark Chisholm, 5 Dave Foley, 6 Dave O'Callaghan, 7 Jack O'Donoghue, 8 CJ Stander (c).
Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Robin Copeland, 20 Jordan Coghlan, 21 Tomás O'Leary, 22 Denis Hurley, 23 Dave Johnston.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Garyn Smith, 13 Tom Isaacs, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Richard Smith, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Tavis Knoyle; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 3 Craig Mitchell, 4 Lou Reed, 5 James Down, 6 Josh Turnbull, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 8 Manoa Vosawai.
Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Macauley Cook, 20 Jevon Groves, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Harry Davies.
Treviso v Ospreys
Treviso are boosted by the return of Davide Giazzon, Edoardo Gori and captain Alessandro Zanni from World Cup duty.
Ospreys field a young side for the trip to Italy. Head coach Steve Tandy is unavailable to call upon a total of 19 players who are either on World Cup duty or injured.
Treviso: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Tommaso Iannone, 12 Sam Christie, 11 Andrea Pratichetti, 10 James Ambrosini, 9 Edoardo Gori, 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Davide Giazzon, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Duncan Naudè, 5 Jeff Montauriol, 6 Alessandro Zanni (c), 7 Dean Budd, 8 Robert Barbieri.
Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Salesi Manu, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Braam Steyn, 22 Chris Smylie, 23 Luke Mclean.
Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Tom Grabham, 13 Ben John, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Hanno Dirksen, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Brendon Leonard, 1 Ryan Bevington, 2 Sam Parry, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 4 Lloyd Ashley (c), 5 Rory Thornton, 6 Joe Bearman, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Dan Baker.
Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Cai Griffiths, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 Gareth Delve, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Jonathan Spratt, 23 Dan Evans.
