Denis Fogarty comes into the front row in place of the injured Jerry Flannery (calf muscle) while this time around there is a 5:3 forwards backs split on the bench and that means Denis Hurley, 24th man last week, comes in for Donnacha Ryan who features in the Munster A side that takes on Leinster tonight in Clonmel RFC (7pm).
 
Fogarty has ten Heineken Cup caps to his credit but tonight is his first start and while admitting it's a blow to be without Flannery coach Tony McGahan commented  "Of course it's disapponting, particularly so for the player himself but Denis has been around this squad a long time and fits in well. He's worked extremely hard over the last 18 months of his rugby career to get an opportunity to start a Heineken Cup at home and I know he's thrilled and certainly looking forward to it."

Munster: P Warwick; D Howlett, L Mafi, J de Villiers, K Earls; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, D Fogarty, T Buckley; D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell capt; AQuinlan, D Wallace, D Leamy. Replacements: D Varley, J Brugnaut, Dr. Hurley, M O'Driscoll, N Ronan, D Hurley, P Stringer, I Dowling.