Rua Tipoki may make his debut for Munster, less than a week after the province announced the capture of Doug Howlett, against Alan Gaffney's Saracens at Musgrave Park on Friday.
The former Maori captain has been named on the bench and academy player Billy Holland gets the number six jersey while another academy member Sean Cronin named on the bench.
MUNSTER (v Saracens):
M Lawlor; J Kelly, K Lewis, L Mafi, I Dowling; P Warwick, T O'Leary; F Pucciariello, D Fogarty, T Buckley; D Ryan, M O'Driscoll; B Holland, N Ronan, A Foley (capt).
Replacements: Darragh Hurley, S Cronin, M Melbourne, J Coughlan, G Hurley, J Manning, R Tipoki.