Coach Clayton McMillan has made a solitary change to Munster’s starting XV for Saturday’s Vodacom URC quarter-final against the Bulls at Loftus.
Alex Nankivell replaces Dan Kelly at outside centre having missed the win against the Lions in Limerick two weeks ago.
Lock Fineen Wycherley also returns from injury and is set to make his 150th appearance for the Irish province off the bench.
However, injury-hit Munster are without a host of first-choice players, including props Tadhg Beirne, Oli Jager and Michael Milne, locks Edwin Edogbo and Jean Kleyn, flyhalf Jack Crowley, centre Tom Farrell and wing Calvin Nash.
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MUNSTER – 15 Mike Haley, 14 Andrew Smith, 13 Alex Nankivell, 12 Seán O’Brien, 11 Shane Daly, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Craig Casey (c), 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Jack O’Donoghue, 5 Evan O’Connell, 4 Tom Ahern, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Bench: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Conor Bartley, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Gavin Coombes, 21 Ben O’Donovan, 22 Dan Kelly, 23 Alex Kendellen.
Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
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Coach Clayton McMillan has made a solitary change to Munster’s starting XV for Saturday’s Vodacom URC quarter-final against the Bulls at Loftus.
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