MUNSTER has unveiled its starting selection for Saturday’s (5.15pm) massive URC Interpro derby tilt with Leinster at Croke Park.
For the second game in succession, there are 10 changes to the side.
Captain Tadhg Beirne starts in the back row on his first appearance of the season after winning the Player of the Series award for the Lions in the summer.
He becomes the 36th player to feature for the province so far this season.
Edwin Edogbo makes his first start since December 2023 after a successful return from injury as a replacement against Edinburgh last week.
Shane Daly, Thaakir Abrahams, Dan Kelly, Jack Crowley and Ethan Coughlan all come into the back line.
Along with Beirne and Edogbo, John Ryan, Jack O’Donoghue and Brian Gleeson join the pack.
Daly, Andrew Smith and Abrahams start in the back three with Kelly and last week’s Player of the Match Tom Farrell in midfield.
Coughlan and Crowley pair up in the half-backs.
Two-try Michael Milne keeps his place at loosehead along with hooker Diarmuid Barron as Ryan completes the front row.
Edogbo and Fineen Wycherley start together in the engine room with Wycherley making his fourth successive start.
Beirne, O’Donoghue and Gleeson form the back row.
Unavailable, as following return-to-play protocols, were Oli Jager, Mike Hale and Tom Aheren, while on the treatment table are Calvin Nash, Craig Casey, Niall Scannell, Alex Kendellen and Conor Bartley.
Munster: Shane Daly; Andrew Smith, Tom Farrell, Dan Kelly, Thaakir Abrahams; Jack Crowley, Ethan Coughlan; Michael Milne, Diarmuid Barron, John Ryan; Edwin Edogbo, Fineen Wycherley; Tadhg Beirne, captain, Jack O’Donoghue, Brian Gleeson.
Replacements: Lee Barron, Jeremy Loughman, Ronan Foxe, Jean Kleyn, Gavin Coombes, Paddy Patterson, JJ Hanrahan, Alex Nankivell.