ANTHONY FOLEY HAS reacted to last weekend’s loss to Connacht by making 10 changes to the team that will face Newport-Gwent Dragons on Sunday.
Denis Hurley is named as captain while Niall and Rory Scannell will become the first brothers to start together for Munster in the Guinness PRO12.
Niall remains at hooker but Dave Kilcoyne and John Ryan both return to the front row while Dave Foley resumes his partnership with Mark Chisholm in the second row.
Two changes in the backrow see Shane Buckley make his first start of the season at blindside with Dave O’Callaghan returning at openside. Robin Copeland remains in situ at number 8.
Tomás O’Leary also escapes Foley’s axe and continues at scrum-half but the selection of Rory Scannell at 10 for the first time in the current campaign completes an all-Dolphin RFC half-back pairing.
Scannell is one of two academy players included for this weekend’s encounter with David Johnston taking his place alongside Hurley for the second time this season.
Simon Zebo and Ronan O’Mahony return to the back-three with Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino switching to fullback.
Having successfully rehabbed a quad strain, Tyler Bleyendaal is named on the bench.
Munster XV to play the Dragons
15. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
14. Ronan O’Mahony
13. David Johnston
12. Denis Hurley (Capt)
11. Simon Zebo
10. Rory Scannell
9. Tomás O’Leary
1. Dave Kilcoyne
2. Niall Scannell
3. John Ryan
4. Dave Foley
5. Mark Chisholm
6. Shane Buckley
7. Dave O’Callaghan
8. Robin Copeland
Replacements:
16. Kevin O’Byrne
17. James Cronin
18. Mario Sagario
19. Billy Holland
20. Jordan Coghlan
21. Cathal Sheridan
22. Tyler Bleyendaal
23. Gerhard van den Heever
