Munster
Shane Daly; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Damian de Allende, Keith Earls; JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O'Mahony (C), Chris Cloete, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Kevin O'Byrne, Liam O'Connor, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Jack O'Donoghue, Craig Casey, Rory Scannell, Jack O'Sullivan.
Connacht
Tiernan O'Halloran; Colm de Buitléar; Sammy Arnold, Tom Daly; Matt Healy; Conor Fitzgerald, Caolin Blade; Paddy McAllister, Shane Delahunt, Dominic Robertson-McCoy; Niall Murray, Quinn Roux (C); Eoghan Masterson, Conor Oliver, Abraham Papali'i
Replacements: Johnny Murphy, Conor Kenny, Matthew Burke, Ultan Dillane, Seán Masterson, Stephen Kerins, Peter Robb, Conor Dean.
Connacht are sending out the seconds here in reality, a couple of players aside. Munster should really win and win well here with that team. Munster opting with 6 forwards on the bench is interesting. Not sure who covers a back three player if one goes down. Would have liked to see a young lock on the bench. Billy doesn't scream impact, but to be fair when he came off the bench during the Champions Cup he was absolutely clutch (the Exeter game in Thomond he won us the game with a steal or two). With that said, I don't think there's any huge need to be conservative here. I think we will give Connacht real grief at the breakdown with how it's now being read and the backrow we have.
