Josh Wycherley will make his first competitive start for Munster in a side that shows seven changes for clash against Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday afternoon.
Academy prop Wycherley came off the bench against Cardiff Blues last week for his debut and will scrum down alongside Keynan Knox, making his first appearance of the campaign, and hooker Kevin O'Byrne.
Jean Kleyn joins captain Billy Holland in the engine room, while in the backrow Chris Cloete takes his place at openside with last week’s try scorers Jack O’Donoghue and Gavin Coombes retaining their places.
Scrum-half Craig Casey, who starts his fourth successive game, is paired up with JJ Hanrahan, while Rory Scannell makes the positional switch to outside centre and in doing so frees up the number 12 shirt for Damian de Allende to come in.
The final change to the back three sees Matt Gallagher start at full-back with Calvin Nash and Darren Sweetnam on the wings.
Munster: Matt Gallagher; Calvin Nash, Rory Scannell, Damian de Allende, Darren Sweetnam; JJ Hanrahan, Craig Casey; Josh Wycherley, Kevin O’Byrne, Keynan Knox; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland (C); Jack O’Donoghue, Chris Cloete, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, James Cronin, Stephen Archer, Thomas Ahern, Tommy O’Donnell, Nick McCarthy, Jake Flannery, Jack O’Sullivan.
