Kilgallen returns as Costello makes five Munster changes for crucial Ulster clash

Stephen Archer and Peter O'Mahony start on their Thomond Park farewell, while Conor Murray is on the bench.

Munster speedster Diarmuid Kilgallen is back in the starting 15. Pic: James Crombie/Inpho

Munster and Ulster will welcome back some big guns to their starting line-ups for Friday night’s make-or-break URC derby at Limerick’s Thomond Park.

There are five changes to the home side with Jean Kleyn, John Hodnett and Diarmuid Kilgallen all returning to the frontline, as are Stephen Archer and Peter O’Mahony ahead of their expected final games at Thomond Park before retirement at the end of the season.