Munster banking on Jager impact for Leinster clash

The head coach has made four changes from the starting line-up for last Sunday’s 32-24 Champions Cup pool defeat at Exeter Chiefs with the 6ft 4ins prop starting alongside hooker Diarmuid Barron and a returning Dave Kilcoyne at loosehead for a heavyweight clash against an all-Test Leinster front row.

JAGER IMPACT: Munster are banking on Oli Jager making the same impact as a starter against Leinster as he has already made off the bench and on the training field after the tighthead prop was handed his first start for the sell-out St Stephen’s URC derby clash at Thomond Park. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Sat, 23 Dec, 2023 - 06:56

Simon Lewis

Munster are banking on Oli Jager making the same impact as a starter against Leinster as he has already made off the bench and on the training field after the tighthead prop was handed his first start for the sell-out St Stephen’s URC derby clash at Thomond Park.

A month after signing from serial Super Rugby champions the Crusaders, the 29-year-old Blackrock-educated and Irish-qualified tighthead will pull on the red number three jersey for the first time next Tuesday as Graham Rowntree attempts to engineer a first home win in the fixture since December 2018.