The Munster side has been named for Saturday’s Champions Cup clash against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park (3.15).
There are nine personnel changes and one positional switch to the side that secured a bonus-point win over Lions at Musgrave Park on Friday night. Roman Salanoa keeps his place at tighthead and makes his first Champions Cup start.
Joey Carbery, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Antoine Frisch and Calvin Nash come into the backline.
Casey and Carbery renew their half-back partnership with Crowley and Frisch starting together in the centres for the third time this season.
Winger Nash joins Shane Daly and full-back Mike Haley in the back three.
Captain Peter O’Mahony, Tadhg Beirne, Dave Kilcoyne and Niall Scannell start in the pack with Gavin Coombes moving from the second row to no.8.
Kilcoyne and Scannell join Salanoa in the front row with Beirne and Jean Kleyn in the engine room.
Jack O’Donoghue continues his record of playing in every game so far this season with O’Mahony and Gavin Coombes completing the back row.
Versatile winger Liam Coombes is in line to make his Champions Cup debut off the bench. The Skibbereen man was a try-scorer against Lions on his return from injury at Musgrave Park last week.
Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Jack Crowley, Shane Daly; Joey Carbery, Craig Casey; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Roman Salanoa; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Jack O’Donoghue, Peter O’Mahony (C), Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Scott Buckley, Josh Wycherley, John Ryan, John Hodnett, Alex Kendellen, Paddy Patterson, Rory Scannell, Liam Coombes.
There are 5 changes to the Leinster side which thumped Gloucester in round two ahead of their return game at Kingsholm tomorrow.
Jordan Larmour, Jamie Osborne and Jamison Gibson Park start behind the scrum, with Dan Sheehan and Ryan Baird to begin in the pack.
Also tomorrow, Ulster are away to champions La Rochelle, with Ian Madigan and Nathan Doak forming the half back partnership.
Jacob Stockdale, Stewart Moore, Rob Herring, Jeff Toomaga-Allen and Kieran Treadwell have also been named in the 15.
The Munster team has been named for Saturday’s Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship Round 2 clash with Leinster at Musgrave Park (KO 12.15).
Head Coach Niamh Briggs has made two changes to the starting XV which secured a 34-0 victory over Ulster last weekend.
The experienced Rachel Allen comes into the side at inside-centre with Enya Breen missing out this week due to a minor knock picked up against Ulster. The other change sees Alana McInerney start on the left wing.
Elsewhere, it's the same pack which started last Saturday. Róisín Ormond packs down alongside Kate Sheehan and Fiona Reidy in the front-row with Clodagh O’Halloran and Claire Bennett named in the second-row.
The back-row consists of vice-captain Dororthy Wall, Maeve Óg O’Leary and Deirbhile Nic a Bháird.
Muirne Wall and captain Nicole Cronin continue their half-back partnership from last week while Allen and Stephanie Nunan partner up in the centre. The back-three will be made up of McInerney, Aoife Doyle and Aoife Corey.
Amongst the replacements, Sarah Garrett and Stephanie Carroll come in and are in line to make their first appearances of this season's Interpro campaign..
Munster: Aoife Corey (UL Bohemian RFC); Aoife Doyle (Railway Union RFC), Stephanie Nunan (UL Bohemian RFC), Rachel Allen (UL Bohemian RFC), Alana McInerney (UL Bohemian RFC); Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian RFC) (C), Muirne Wall (UL Bohemian RFC); Róisín Ormond (Ballincollig RFC), Kate Sheehan (UL Bohemian RFC), Fiona Reidy (UL Bohemian RFC); Clodagh O’Halloran (UL Bohemian RFC), Claire Bennett (UL Bohemian RFC); Dorothy Wall (Blackrock College RFC), Maeve Óg O’Leary (Blackrock College RFC), Deirbhile Nic a Bháird (Old Belvedere RFC).
Replacements: Chloe Pearse (UL Bohemian RFC), Gillian Coombes (Ballincollig RFC), Eilís Cahill (UL Bohemian RFC), Sarah Garrett (UL Bohemian RFC), Ciara Farrell (UL Bohemian RFC), Kate Flannery (UL Bohemian RFC), Stephanie Carroll (Railway Union RFC), Laura Sheehan (Exeter Chiefs).
