The one omission from the side that saw off the Ospreys last Sunday in the Heineken Cup is  Donncha O'Callaghan who is given the weekend off while Donncha Ryan, Michael Essex and Nick Williams are added.

Munster: D Hurley,  P Warwick; D Howlett, K Earls, L Mafi, B Murphy,  I Dowling; R O'Gara, P Stringer, T O'Leary; T Buckley, M Horan,  J Hayes, M Essex, J Flannery,  D Fogarty, M O'Driscoll,  P O'Connell, D Ryan, A Quinlan, D Wallace, N Ronan, D Leamy., N Williams.