MUNSTER’S starting XV for the URC tilt away to Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun this Friday has been announced.
The fixture is live on TG4, kick-off 7.45pm.
There are four personnel changes and two positional switches to the side that beat the Dragons at the weekend with Diarmuid Barron – who has just signed a two-year contract extension – captaining Munster.
In the backline, Diarmuid Kilgallen starts on the wing with Shane Daly moving to outside centre as Dan Kelly shifts to inside centre.
Josh Wycherley, Oli Jager and Evan O’Connell come into the pack.
Mike Haley, Thaakir Abrahams and Kilgallen start in the back three with Kelly and Daly in midfield.
Ennis half-backs Ethan Coughlan and Tony Butler start together again.
Josh Wycherley, Barron and Oli Jager pack down in the front row with Jager making his first start since October after returning from a head injury.
O’Connell and Fineen Wycherley pair up in the engine room with an unchanged back row of Edogbo, Quinn and Gleeson.
First year Academy out-half Tom Wood, 19, is in line for his senior debut after being named among the replacements.
Munster: Mike Haley; Thaakir Abrahams, Shane Daly, Dan Kelly, Diarmuid Kilgallen; Tony Butler, Ethan Coughlan; Josh Wycherley, Diarmuid Barron, captain, Oli Jager; Evan O’Connell, Fineen Wycherley; Seán Edogbo, Ruadhán Quinn, Brian Gleeson.
Replacements: Lee Barron, Mark Donnelly, John Ryan, Gavin Coombes, Jack O’Donoghue, Paddy Patterson, Tom Wood, Seán O’Brien.