Healy gets nod at out-half, Coombes shifts to second-row as Munster side named for Lions 

Rory Scannell, Liam Coombes, Josh Wycherley, Diarmuid Barron and John Hodnett also come into the starting side alongside Healy.

STEPPING UP: Gavin Coombes, left, and Ben Healy of Munster after the United Rugby Championship between Ulster and Munster at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Ben Healy has been handed his first competitive start for Munster since October after being selected at out-half for Friday night’s URC clash with the Lions at Musgrave Park.

Healy, who announced this week that he will depart for a new career in Scotland with Edinburgh next summer, also started in the game against a South Africa XV in November and will renew his half-back partnership with Paddy Patterson from that night.