Tyler captains Munster

Tyler Bleyendaal captains the Munster team from inside centre in Saturday's Guinness Pro14 clash against the Dragons at Rodney Parade at 3pm.

 

In all there are 13 changes to the Munster side that secured a record 18th Champions Cup quarter-final place in last week’s win over Exeter Chiefs.

 

Prop Liam O’Connor is in line to make his first PRO14 appearance of the season after recovering from a long-term knee injury with Academy man Gavin Coombes also among the replacements.

 

Munster: Mike Haley; Darren Sweetnam, Dan Goggin, Tyler Bleyendaal (C), Ronan O’Mahony; Bill Johnston, Alby Mathewson; Jeremy Loughman, Rhys Marshall, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland; Fineen Wycherley, Conor Oliver, Arno Botha. Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Liam O’Connor, Ciaran Parker, Darren O’Shea, Gavin Coombes, Neil Cronin, Calvin Nash, Jaco Taute.

 

Saturday's game will be shown live on eir Sport, TG4 and Premier Sports.