Cullen and Mullins to start for Munster

Christian Cullen returns to the Munster starting line-up for the first time in over a year after being named as full back on the Munster side for the Celtic League game against Border Reivers in Netherdale on Friday.

Mike Mullins is another player who returns to action after a long lay off. Mullins was injured in a pre-season friendly and is named in the starting XV for the first time since then.

MUNSTER v Border Reivers: Frankie Roche, Denis Fogarty, Federico Pucciariello, Donncha O'Callaghan, Mick O'Driscoll, Stephen Keogh, David Wallace, Anthony Foley (captain), Mike Prendergast, Jeremy Manning, Ian Dowling, Trevor Halstead, Mike Mullins, Anthony Horgan, Christian Cullen.

Replacements: John Hayes, Jerry Flannery, Trevor Hogan, John O'Sullivan, Frank Murphy, Ronan O'Gara, Paul Devlin.