Keith Earls starts as Munster make four changes for URC semi-final clash with Leinster

Munster have named their side for Saturday's highly-anticipated United Rugby Championship semi-final clash with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium

FIT AGAIN: Keith Earls during a Munster Rugby squad training session at Thomond Park in Limerick. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Peter O’Mahony and Diarmuid Barron have been passed fit to face Leinster in Saturday’s BKT URC semi-final at Aviva Stadium while Munster have also recalled a fit-again Keith Earls to their starting line-up.

Munster medics have been monitoring the progress of both hooker Barron and captain O’Mahony after the forwards picked up shoulder and elbow injuries respectively in last Saturday’s bruising quarter-final win at Glasgow Warriors having already lost the services of lock RG Snyman, scrum-half Conor Murray, centre Malakai Fekitoa and wing Calving Nash following head injuries at Scotstoun.