Who will step up among Munster's rising stars this season?

Craig Casey is fast establishing himself as number two scrum-half behind Conor Murray. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

In the absence of seasoned internationals, Munster coach Johann van Graan will be calling on some of the province’s rising stars during the new PRO14 campaign. And Tadhg Beirne has been impressed with the young guns having trained with them for an extended period this summer.

"You do see some good talent out there, Liam Coombes is one of the fastest guys I've seen out there in a long time, he's been really showing up at training, and the three young lads at 10 - Ben (Healy), Jake (Flannery) and Jack (Crowley) - they're all playing really well and they're all really putting their hands up.