12 Munster players set for senior debuts as Cork All-Ireland winner named to start against Wasps

There are five debutants in the starting XV – Academy quartet Patrick Campbell, Scott Buckley, Eoin O’Connor, and Daniel Okeke, and senior prop James French

Munster’s Patrick Campbell. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Munster will kick-off their Heineken Champions Cup campaign at Wasps with a raft of debutants as Johann van Graan attempts to launch a European title bid in the most extraordinary of circumstances this Sunday.

The head coach has selected eight academy players in a matchday 23 that features five debutants in the starting line-up, including senior tighthead prop James French. The other debutants include first-year academy full-back Patrick Campbell, an All-Ireland minor football winner with Cork in 2019, hooker Scott Buckley, lock Eoin O’Connor, and Daniel Okeke, who will start at No.8.