Connacht are able to welcome back Mack Hansen for tomorrow's United Rugby Championship clash with Munster at the Sportsground (5.15pm).
The Australian, who is the top try-scorer in the tournament, has been injured for the last month and returns as one of two changes to the side that lost out in the Champions Cup to Leicester two weeks ago.
Lock Oisín Dowling is the other change.
Hansen starts on the left wing with John Porch on the other side and Tiernan O’Halloran at full-back.
Kieran Marmion, captain Jack Carty, Bundee Aki and Sammy Arnold make up the half-back and centre pairings respectively.
The front row is again made up of Matthew Burke, Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham, with Ultan Dillane partnering Dowling in the second row.
Wing forwards Cian Prendergast and Conor Oliver and number 8 Jarrad Butler form the back row.
Academy scrum-half Matthew Devine is in line for his senior debut, with the Ballinasloe RFC man named in a matchday squad for the first time.
"This is obviously a very important game if we’re to achieve our aim of a top-four finish in the URC," said head coach Andy Friend.
"We’ve no game in the competition for a month after this weekend so it’d be great to have another win under our belt, albeit it against a very strong Munster team.
"The last four games between the teams have been decided by a single score, so we’ve to make sure we’re on top of our game for the full 80 minutes and take our chances when they come."
Munster, meanwhile, will be captained by Jack O’Donoghue with seven changes to the team that defeated Castres in the Champions Cup last time out.
Academy back-row forward Alex Kendellen makes his first Munster start on his fourth appearance for the province following the 20-year-old's Champions Cup debut against Castres two weeks ago.
Stephen Archer, Gavin Coombes, Shane Daly, Mike Haley and Fineen Wycherley all start on their first appearances since October with Craig Casey and Kendellen also coming into the starting XV.
Haley is named at full-back with Andrew Conway and Daly on either flank.
In the centre Damian de Allende and Chris Farrell continue their partnership with Casey and Ben Healy in the half-backs.
Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell and Archer form the front row with Jean Kleyn and Wycherley behind them.
The back-row combination of O’Donoghue, Kendellen and Coombes completes the starting side
Rory Scannell is in line to make his 150th appearance for the province should he be used off the bench.
Ulster were due to host Leinster in the other inter-provincial derby but that game was cancelled due to Covid-19 cases.
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran; John Porch, Sammy Arnold, Bundee Aki, Mack Hansen; Jack Carty (capt), Kieran Marmion; Matthew Burke, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham; Ultan Dillane, Oisín Dowling; Cian Prendergast, Conor Oliver, Jarrad Butler.
Replacements: Shane Delahunt, Tietie Tuimauga, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Eoghan Masterson, Abraham Papali’i, Matthew Devine, Conor Fitzgerald, Tom Farrell.
Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Damian de Allende, Shane Daly; Ben Healy, Craig Casey; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Jack O'Donoghue (capt), Alex Kendellen, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman, Keynan Knox, Thomas Ahern, Jack Daly, Neil Cronin, Jack Crowley, Rory Scannell.
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