Up front Marcus Horan returns to the front row in place of Tony Buckley, Donncha O'Callaghan partners his captain Paul O'Connell in the second and the experienced David Wallace takes the number seven jersey from Niall Ronan whose two tries last weekend helped Munster to a bonus point win.
Munster: K Earls; D Howlett, R Tipoki, L Mafi, I Dowling; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes; P O'Connell capt, D O'Callaghan; D Ryan, D Wallace, J Melck. Replacements: F Sheahan, F Pucciariello, J O'Sullivan, A Quinlan, P Stringer, P Warwick, B Murphy