O’Mahony named on bench for Munster

Peter O'Mahony and Damien Varley are both named as replacements in the Munster squad meeting Leinster in Dublin on Saturday.

It is squad captain O’Mahony’s first appearance in the Munster jersey since April while Varley is also in line to make his first appearance of the season.

Anthony Foley has made eight changes to the side that were

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James Cronin comes in to the front row at loosehead and is joined by Stephen Archer at tighthead.

Dave Foley returns to the starting 15 to join Paul O’Connell in the second row. CJ Stander switches to blindside and Tommy O’Donnell and Robin Copeland join him in the back row.

Andrew Smith joins Denis Hurley in the centre while Ian Keatley and Conor Murray retain their places.

Andrew Conway, Simon Zebo and Felix Jones make up the back three.

Munster team in full: Felix Jones - capt., Andrew Conway, Andrew Smith, Denis Hurley, Simon Zebo, Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; James Cronin, Duncan Casey, Stephen Archer; Dave Foley, Paul O'Connell, CJ Stander, Tommy O'Donnell, Robin Copeland.

Replacements: Damien Varley, Dave Kilcoyne, BJ Botha, Billy Holland, Peter O'Mahony, Duncan Williams, JJ Hanrahan, Gerhard van den Heever.

The match kicks-off at 6.30pm on Saturday October 4 at the Aviva Stadium.