Shaun Payne and Rob Henderson return to the starting line-up in place of James Storey and Jason Holland (bench) with Mike Prendergast the starting scrum-half in place of Eoin Reddan (bench).

Up front, the front row remains the same, Tom Bowman replaces the unavailable Donncha O'Callaghan in the second row and Stephen Keogh comes into the back-row for his first start since the game against Connacht on December 27th.

Munster. C Cullen; J Kelly, S Payne, R Henderson, A Horgan; P Burke, M Prendergast; M Horan, F Sheahan, G McIlwham; T Bowman, T Hogan; J Williams, D Wallace, S Keogh.

Replacements: F Roche, J Flannery, T Hayes, A Quinlan, E Reddan, J Holland, P Devlin.