Tomas O'Leary, who is set to celebrate his 22nd birthday on Saturday will win his fourth Munster cap the night before, when he lines out in the number nine slot against Sale Sharks in Edgeley Park. And continuing the youthful theme of this bold selection, 22 year old Barry Murphy has been named as outside centre with Jeremy Manning, who clebrated his 20th birthday last month, nominated as back-up to Ronan O'Gara.

Munster: S Payne; J Kelly, B Murphy, G Connolly, A Pitout; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, F Sheahan, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll; A Quinlan, D Leamy, A Foley capt.

Replacements: J Flannery, F Pucciarello, T Hogan, D Wallace, P Stringer, J Manning, R Henderson.