Rowntree partners Butler with returning Casey for Zebre clash

Casey comes in at scrum-half for Conor Murray as the Ireland squad members rotate out of national camp on this rest weekend for the Six Nations

Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 12:17

Simon Lewis

Academy fly-half Tony Butler will make his third start of the season for Munster alongside a returning Craig Casey for Friday night’s URC round 11 clash with Zebre Parma in Cork.

Butler, 21, this week signed his first senior contract, a two-year deal, alongside scrum-half and fellow Ennis RFC clubman Ethan Coughlan and prop Mark Donnelly with the trio set to move up to the first-team squad next season, and the number 10 is one of four academy players included in the matchday 23 selected by Graham Rowntree for the Virgin Media Park contest.