O’Connell captains Munster A v Leinster in Nenagh

Senior players Bryan Fitzgerald and Conor Bartley both start for Munster

Clement Castets of Stade Francais Paris is tackled by Evan O’Connell of Munster during the Champions Cup Round 1 match between Munster and Stade Francais Paris at Thomond Park in Limerick. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Academy lock Evan O’Connell captains Munster A against Leinster A in the Interprovincial Championship clash against Leinster A at Nenagh Ormond on Friday (1.30pm).

He is joined in the side by fellow Academy members Shay McCarthy, Gene O’Leary Kareem, Dylan Hicks, Jake O’Riordan, George Hadden, Danny Sheahan, Michael Foy, Seán Edogbo and Ruadhán Quinn all starting.

Senior players Bryan Fitzgerald and Conor Bartley both start with Academy pair Max Clein and Jack Oliver among the replacements.

Old Cresent’s Jed O’Dwyer starts at full-back with Young Munster duo McCarthy and Oisín Pepper on either wing.

Fitzgerald and O’Leary Kareem partner up in midfield with O’Riordan and Hicks in the half-backs.

Hadden, Sheahan and Bartley pack down in the front row with Foy and O’Connell in the engine room.

Edogbo, Garryowen’s Des Fitzgerald and Quinn complete the starting XV.

Clein, UCC RFC’s Darragh O’Connell – who came up through the ranks at Muskerry RFC – and Shannon’s Emmet Calvey provide the front row back-up.

Nenagh Ormond duo Fionn O’Meara and Evan Murphy complete the forward cover.

Garryowen duo Oliver and Tom Wood, Cork Constitution’s Eoghan Smyth and Young Munster’s Hubert Gilvarry are the backline replacements.

There is experience in the Leinster side with several senior caps featuring.

MUNSTER A: Jed O’Dwyer; Shay McCarthy, Gene O’Leary Kareem, Bryan Fitzgerald, Oisín Pepper; Dylan Hicks, Jake O’Riordan; George Hadden, Danny Sheahan, Conor Bartley; Michael Foy, Evan O’Connell (C); Seán Edogbo, Des Fitzgerald, Ruadhán Quinn.

Replacements: Max Clein, Darragh O’Connell, Emmet Calvey, Fionn O’Meara, Evan Murphy, Jack Oliver, Tom Wood, Eoghan Smyth, Hubert Gilvarry.

LEINSTER A: Henry McErlean, Aitzol Arenzana-King, Charlie Tector, Ben Brownlee, Ruben Moloney, Harry Byrne, Cormac Foley; Michael Milne, John McKee, Rory McGuire, Conor O’Tighearnaigh, Alan Spicer, Diarmuid Mangan, Alex Soroka, Will Hickey 

Replacements: Stephen Smyth, Paddy McCarthy, Andrew Sparrow, Billy Corrigan, David Walsh, Chris O’Connor, Caspar Gabriel, Connor Fahy, Andrew Ryan, Páidí Farrell