Munster in unfamiliar territory against Brive
Munster travel to the Stade Municipal to take on Brive in the Amlin Challenge Cup looking to book a place in the last four of European rugby’s ‘second tier’ competition.
Tony McGahan has retained Felix Jones and Conor Murray, after their solid outings against Leinster, ahead of messrs Peter Stringer and Paul Warwick.
Brive: Spedding, Namy, Noon, Estebanez, Palisson, Belie, Figuerola, Kinchagishvili, Cabello, Cardinali, Dubarry, Uys, Vosloo, Claassen, Le Devedec.
Replacements: Bonrepaux, Kakovin, Barnard, Mela, Azoulai, Domingo, Lespinas, Perry.
Munster: Jones, Howlett, Mafi, Tuitupou, Earls, O’Gara, C. Murphy, du Preez, Varley, Buckley, D. O’Callaghan, O’Driscoll, Leamy, Wallace, Coughlan.
Replacements: Sherry, Horan, J. Hayes, D. Ryan, Ronan, Stringer, Warwick, J. Murphy.
