Keith Earls returns in place of Denis Hurley and Paul Warwick gets the nod over Jeremy Manning in the only changes to the backs while up front Frankie Sheahan comes in in place of Denis Fogarty, Marcus Horan and Donncha O'Callaghan replace Tony Buckley and Mick O'Driscoll respectively while David Wallace also returns with Niall Ronan making way for the 47 times capped Irish international.

Munster will announce their start XV and replacements on Friday after their morning training session while Michael Cheika will pair down his 32 strong squad announced yesterday at the same time.

Munster Squad: K Earls, D Howlett, B Murphy, R Tipoki, L Mafi, I Dowling, R O'Gara, P Warwick, T O'Leary, P Stringer, F Pucciariello, M Horan, F Sheahan, J Flannery, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connel, D Ryan, J O'Sullivan, J Melck, A Quinlan, D Wallace,