Munster team named for friday clash

Munster Head Coach Anthony Foley has named his side to face London Irish in the Kearys Renault Series in Irish Independent Park on Friday night, ko 7pm. For the second week in a row Foley makes 9 changes to his starting XV in further utilising the pre-season games to trial various combinations.

In the pack John Ryan joins Mike Sherry and Stephen Archer in the front row while John Madigan returns to partner Dave Foley in the second row.  Foley is the only forward to start in all three pre-season games. Nenagh's Donnacha Ryan features on the bench for Ireland's pre-World Cup friendly against Wales on Saturday. Ireland manager Joe Schmidt is expected to name his World Cup squad following that encounter.

Munster: Andrew Conway; Stephen Fitzgerald, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Gerhard van den Heever; Bill Johnston, Cathal Sheridan; John Ryan, Mike Sherry, Stephen Archer; John Madigan, Dave Foley; Dave O'Callaghan, Jordan Coghlan, CJ Stander capt. Replacements from:  Niall Scannell, James Cronin, BJ Botha, Donncha O'Callaghan, Robin Copeland, Duncan Williams, Ian Keatley, Shane Monahan, Shane Buckley, Matt D'Arcy, David Johnston.