Bates said: "We are very much looking forward to taking on European Cup finalists Munster. It doesn't get much tougher than this."
Border Reivers team: 15 Stuart Moffat; 14 Simon Danielli, 13 Ben MacDougall, 12 Calum MacRae, 11 Nikki Walker; 10 Gregor Townsend, 9 Brendan McKerchar; 1 Tom McGee, 2 Steve Scott, 3 Bruce Douglas (CAPTAIN); 4 Opeta Palepoi, 5 Scott MacLeod; 6 John Dalziel, 8 Kelly Brown , 7 Scott Gray
Substitutes from: Will Kay, Paul Thomson, Colin Stewart, Semo Sititi, Johnny Weston *, Andy Miller, James King, Lee Kibble
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