LIFE under new head coach Clayton McMillan will begin for Munster with a pre-season outing against at Kingsholm this Friday at 7.30pm.
For the trip to England, McMillan has named teams for each half to provide game-time to as many players as possible.
New signings Dan Kelly, JJ Hanrahan, and Conor Ryan will make their first appearances since arriving at Munster in the summer.
Andrew Smith and Lee Barron also feature for the first time since joining the province permanently in July.
Shay McCarthy, Evan O’Connell, Ruadhán Quinn, and Kieran Ryan are all involved having been promoted from the Academy to the senior squad.
Academy players Seán Edogbo and Max Clein are also both included.
Shane Daly makes his return from the hamstring injury he sustained for Ireland A in February.
Munster’s Ireland and Ireland U20 internationals who were on international duty in the summer were not considered for selection having only recently started the pre-season training programme.
Munster (first half team): Mike Haley; Andrew Smith, Tom Farrell, Dan Kelly, Shay McCarthy; Tony Butler, Ethan Coughlan; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Evan O’Connell, Fineen Wycherley; Ruadhán Quinn, John Hodnett, Brian Gleeson.
Replacements:Â Max Clein, Mark Donnelly, Kieran Ryan.
Munster (second half team): Thaakir Abrahams; Shane Daly, Seán O’Brien, Alex Nankivell, Diarmuid Kilgallen; JJ Hanrahan, Paddy Patterson; Josh Wycherley, Lee Barron, Oli Jager; Conor Ryan, Fineen Wycherley/Evan O’Connell; Seán Edogbo, Ruadhán Quinn/John Hodnett, Jack O’Donoghue.
Replacements:Â Max Clein, Mark Donnelly, Kieran Ryan.
