Team news: Paul O'Connell will make his first appearance for Munster since mid-January when Declan Kidney's side take on Edinburgh tomorrow night.
The Ireland international has been out of action since March with a broken bone in his hand suffered during the Six Nations and has not featured for his province since Munster were beaten by Leicester in the final round of the Heineken Cup.
O'Connell, who will not travel to Argentina with Ireland later this month as Eddie O'Sullivan explores his options ahead of the World Cup, joins Mick O'Driscoll in the second row.
Brian Carney has recovered from injury and starts at fullback while Anthony Foley is over the stomach upset that forced him to miss last week's win over the Dragons.
Michael Bradley makes three changes as well as one positional switch ahead of Connacht's clash with the Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade.
Stephen Knoop starts in place of Ray Hogan at tighthead prop and John Fogarty is recalled to lead the side in a reshuffled front row.
David Gannon starts ahead of Michael Swift in the second row with the latter joining Adrain Flavin on the replacements bench.
Gavin Duffy and Daniel Riordan line out at full back and outside centre respectively, swapping positions from the last game against Glasgow Warriors.
The game kicks-off at 7.10pm.
Munster:B Carney; A Horgan, B Murphy, L Mafi, I Dowling; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; F Pucciariello, F Sheahan, T Buckley; M O'Driscoll, P O'Connell; A Quinlan, J O'Sullivan, A Foley (c). Replacements: D Fogarty, F Roche, D Leamy, D Wallace, B O'Meara, J Manning, M Lawlor,
Connacht: G Duffy; D Yapp, D Riordan, J Hearty, C McPhillips; P Warwick, C Keane; B Wilkinson, J Fogarty (C), S Knoop; D Gannon, A Farley; J Muldoon, R Ofisa, C Rigney. Replacements:A Flavin, R Loughney, M Swift, D McGowan, P Durcan, M McHugh, T Robinson.
