O’Connell captain, as Butler replaces O’Mahony

Munster Rugby Squad Training - Wednesday 27th MarchPAUL O’CONNELL will captain Munster against Edinburgh this Saturday afternoon as Peter O’Mahony is replaced on the Munster side by Paddy Butler. (Kick off at 1.35pm, live on Sky Sports)

With O’Mahony ruled out there is one change to the pack that defeated Leinster last weekend with Paddy Butler coming into the squad and making his first Heineken Cup start this Saturday, as he joins Niall Ronan and James Coughlan in the back-row.

There is one change to the back-line also with Conor Murray moving into the starting XV with Duncan Williams named in the replacements.

has been integrated back in to training this week following on from his half-time replacement against Leinster last Saturday. All protocol re return to play has been followed and Peter has progressed normally in this regard. However, due to the heavy schedule in the upcoming weeks, including Rabo, Heineken and possible International involvement, a decision to omit Peter from this weekend’s opening round Heineken Cup game against Edinburgh has been made.

Munster: Felix Jones; Keith Earls, Casey Laulala, James Downey, Simon Zebo; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Mike Sherry, Stephen Archer; Donncha Ryan, Paul O’Connell Capt.; Paddy Butler, Niall Ronan, James Coughlan. Replacements: Damien Varley, James Cronin, BJ Botha, Donncha O’Callaghan, CJ Stander, Duncan Williams, JJ Hanrahan, Denis Hurley.

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