The Munster team has been named for Friday night’s URC Round 9 clash against Ulster at Affidea Stadium
There are 10 personnel changes from the side that faced Leinster at Thomond Park on Saturday.
Calvin Nash returns from illness with Dan Kelly, JJ Hanrahan and Paddy Patterson also coming into the starting backline.
Captain Diarmuid Barron, Josh Wycherley, Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley, John Hodnett and Alex Kendellen start in the pack.
Full-back Mike Haley, Nash and Thaakir Abrahams form the back three with Alex Nankivell and Dan Kelly named as the centre partnership.
Patterson and Hanrahan, who made his 150th Munster appearance against Ospreys in December, are the half-back pairing.
Josh Wycherley, Barron and Michael Ala’alatoa start in the front row with Kleyn and Fineen Wycherley in the engine room.
Tom Ahern moves from the second row to blindside flanker with Hodnett and Kendellen completing the back row.
Lee Barron, Jeremy Loughman and Conor Bartley provide the front row back-up as Jack O’Donoghue and Gleeson complete the forward cover.
