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Leinster & Munster name sides for weekend's PRO14 clashes

Munster and Leinster have named their teams for this weekend's PRO14 fixtures.  Dave Kearney ret...



Leinster & Munster name sides...
Rugby

Leinster & Munster name sides for weekend's PRO14 clashes

Munster and Leinster have named their teams for this weekend's PRO14 fixtures. 

Dave Kearney returns for defending champions Leinster for their clash with Edinburgh at the R-D-S on Friday evening.

He comes into the side on the right-wing, as one of three changes from last weekend's rout of the Ospreys.

Kearney wasn't involved last week but was the Guinness Man of the Match in their Round 1 win against Benetton Rugby

Leo Cullen has also brought Max Deegan and Scott Penny into his back-row.

Joe Tomane and Rory O'Loughlin continue in the centre and similarly, it's as you were at half-back with Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne starting for the third game in a row.

It's the same front five from last week with Peter Dooley, Rónan Kelleher and Michael Bent in the front row, with Devin Toner and captain Scott Fardy behind them.

Leinster team in full to face Edinburgh:

15. Hugo Keenan
14. Dave Kearney
13. Rory O'Loughlin
12. Joe Tomane
11. James Lowe
10. Ross Byrne
9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Peter Dooley
2. Rónan Kelleher
3. Michael Bent
4. Devin Toner
5. Scott Fardy
6. Max Deegan
7. Scott Penny
8. Caelan Doris

16. James Tracy
17. Michael Milne
18. Vakh Abdaladze
19. Ross Molony
20. Josh Murphy
21. Rowan Osborne
22. Harry Byrne
23. Jimmy O'Brien.

Munster head coach Johann van Graan then has made five changes to his side to face in-form Cheetahs in South Africa on Friday evening.

Captain Billy Holland comes into the side with Tyler Bleyendaal, Nick McCarthy, Jeremy Loughman and Rhys Marshall also included.

Mike Haley starts at full-back with Darren Sweetnam and Shane Daly, Man of the Match in both of Munster’s opening games, on either flank.

McCarthy and Bleyendaal form a new half-back partnership with the centre pairing of Rory Scannell and Dan Goggin unchanged.

Loughman, Marshall and Stephen Archer pack down in the front row with Fineen Wycherley and Holland in the engine room.

The back row of Jack O’Donoghue, Tommy O’Donnell and Arno Botha is unchanged.

Academy player Keynan Knox is in line to make his second PRO14 appearance off the bench with Calvin Nash in line for his first competitive action of the season.

Munster team in full for clash with Cheetahs:

15. Mike Haley
14. Darren Sweetnam
13. Dan Goggin
12. Rory Scannell
11. Shane Daly
10. Tyler Bleyendaal
9. Nick McCarthy

1. Jeremy Loughman
2. Rhys Marshall
3. Stephen Archer
4. Fineen Wycherley
5. Billy Holland
6. Jack O’Donoghue
7. Tommy O’Donnell
8. Arno Botha.

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