Sheahan picked up a calf strain while training this week and will be replaced in the front-row by Jerry Flannery

Munster. C Cullen; P Devlin, S Payne, J Holland, A Horgan; R O Gara, P Stringer; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes; D O Callaghan, P O Connell; A Quinlan, D Leamy, A Foley capt Replacements: G McIlwham, F Roche, T Hogan, D Wallace, E Reddan, M Mullins, M Lawlor.