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Provinces name teams for weekend's Heineken Cup

Munster Rob Penney has made four changes to his Munster side for their crunch clash with Perpigna...
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14.03 13 Dec 2013


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Provinces name teams for weekend's Heineken Cup

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14.03 13 Dec 2013


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Munster

Rob Penney has made four changes to his Munster side for their crunch clash with Perpignan in the Heineken Cup tomorrow.

Donnacha Ryan comes into the starting 15 after recovering from a knee ligament injury.

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He replaces Donncha O'Callaghan in the second row.

Cathal Sheridan replaces the injured Conor Murray at scrum half, while James Cronin and BJ Botha replace Dave Kilcoyne and Stephen Archer in the front row.

Munster: Felix Jones; Keith Earls, Casey Laulala, James Downey, Johne Murphy; Ian Keatley, Cathal Sheridan; James Cronin, Damien Varley, BJ Botha; Donnacha Ryan, Paul O'Connell; Peter O'Mahony, Sean Dougall, James Coughlan.

 

Connacht

There are three changes to the Connacht team for their return leg fixture at home to Toulouse tomorrow.

Jason Harris-Wright and Rodney Ah You come into the front row, while Galwayman Eoin McKeon also comes in at Number 8.

Connacht: Robbie Henshaw; Fionn Carr, Eoin Griffin, Dave McSharry, Matt Healy; Dan Parks, Kieran Marmion; Brett Wilkinson, Jason Harris-Wright, Rodney Ah You; Mick Kearney, Craig Clarke; John Muldoon, Jake Heenan, Eoin McKeon.

 

Mike McCarthy and Ian Madigan enjoy each other's company during Leinster's Captain's Run ©INPHO/Donall Farmer

Leinster

Leinster have named unchanged teams for their respective Heineken Cup clashes.

Leinster face the Northampton Saints at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow evening, with Jamie Heaslip captaining an all-Ireland team again after last week's win against the English side in Franklin's Gardens.

Leinster: Rob Kearney; Dave Kearney, Brian O’Driscoll, Gordon D’Arcy, Luke Fitzgerald; Ian Madigan, Eoin Reddan; Jack McGrath, Sean Cronin, Mike Ross; Devin Toner, Mike McCarthy; Rhys Ruddock, Sean O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip.

 

Ulster

Ulster have also named an unchanged team for their away trip to take on Benetton Treviso in Italy tomorrow afternoon, with Mark Anscombe naming the same Ulster squad for two consecutive matches for the first time.

Ulster: Jared Payne, Andrew Trimble, Darren Cave, Luke Marshall, Craig Gilroy, Paddy Jackson, Ruan Pienaar; Tom Court, Rob Herring, John Afoa, Johann Muller, Dan Tuohy, Robbie Diack, Sean Doyle, Roger Wilson.

 

There are two games taking place tonight in the Heineken Cup.

Glasgow Warriors host the Cardiff Blues, while the Ospreys are playing Castres.

Both games get underway at 8pm.

 

Main image ©INPHO/Billy Stickland


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