O'Leary, Murphy to debut for Munster

Munster's Tomas O'Leary and Barry Murphy have held off the challenge of fast-healing Peter Stringer and Rob Henderson to make their Heineken Cup debuts away to Sale Sharks this Friday.

South African Anthon Pitout and Gary Connolly will bring to four the number of new men to take to the pitch. Meanwhile, Mick O'Driscoll has returned from Perpignan to step in for the injured Paul O'Connell.

MUNSTER (v Sale Sharks): S Payne; J Kelly, B Murphy, G Connolly, A Pitout; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, F Sheahan, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll, A Quinlan, D Leamy, A Foley (capt).

Replacments: J Flannery, F Pucciariello, T Hogan, D Wallace, P Stringer, J Manning, R Henderson.