VETERAN AUSTRALIAN LOCK Mark Chisholm is set to return to action tomorrow night after a year out of the game.
The 35-year-old, who’s been capped 58 times by the Wallabies, has been named on the bench for the Munster A side’s meeting with Ealing Trailfinders at Cork Institute of Technology in the semi-finals of the British & Irish Cup [KO 7.30pm].
Chisholm hasn’t played a game since Munster’s win against Newport Gwent Dragons in the Guinness Pro12 in March 2016. The former Brumbies and Bayonne forward returned to training last month after being forced to take an extended break from the game due to concussion.
There are two changes to the Munster A side that defeated their Ulster counterparts in the quarter-finals. On the back of his Six Nations involvement with the Irish U20s, Bill Johnston starts at out-half, with his brother David reverting to full-back.
Alex Wootton also returns from injury to start on the wing. Greg O’Shea and Stephen Firzgerald — who’s included among the replacements — are the two players who drop out of the starting XV.
Munster A:
15. David Johnston
14. Dan Goggin
13. Sam Arnold
12. Cian Bohane (captain)
11. Alex Wootton
10. Bill Johnston
9. John Poland
1. Peter McCabe
2. Kevin O’Byrne
3. Brian Scott
4. John Madigan
5. Darren O’Shea
6. Sean O’Connor
7. Conor Oliver
8. Robin Copeland
Replacements:
16. Duncan Casey
17. Liam O’Connor
18. Rory Burke
19. Mark Chisholm
20. Gavin Coombes
21. Jack Stafford
22. Stephen Fitzgerald
