Rugby:Tony Buckley has been forced out of the Munster side for tomorrow's night's derby showdown with Leinster after coming down with a stomach bug. John Hayes, originally named on the bench, has been drafted in as cover.
As flagged earlier in the week, David Wallace, Marcus Horan, and Mick O’Driscoll have been held in reserve by Tony McGahan for the match at the Aviva Stadium. All three have had limited game time so far this season and will all start on the bench for the highly-anticipated clash at the new home of Irish rugby.
McGahan confirmed his starting line-up this morning and makes four changes to his pack with in-form prop Wian du Preez coming in for Horan while Hayes replaces Buckley. Alan Quinlan and Niall Ronan start in the back row.
The backline is unchanged from that which punished Glasgow last weekend.
Leinster named their side yesterday morning but coach Joe Schmidt has held off making a final decision of Jonathan Sexton’s involvement. The outhalf is nursing a quad injury and could yet be replaced by Isa Nacewa.
Leinster:R Kearney; S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton/I Nacewa, I Boss; C Healy, R Strauss, M Ross, N Hines, D Toner, D Ryan, S O'Brien, J Heaslip (capt). Replacements:J Harris-Wright, H van der Merwe, S Shawe, M Galarza, R Ruddock, E Reddan, I Nacewa/I Madigan, F McFadden.
Munster:P Warwick; D Howlett, L Mafi, S Tuitupou, J Murphy; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; W du Preez, D Varley, J Hayes; D O'Callaghan, D Ryan; A Quinlan, N Ronan, D Leamy (capt). Replacements:S Henry, M Horan, Darragh Hurley, M O'Driscoll, D Wallace, P Stringer, S Deasy, Denis Hurley.