Munster’s Jack Crowley to miss out on Sam Prendergast derby duel as Leinster’s RG Snyman avoids Limerick return

Conor Murray will also be missing as Munster aim to close the gap to unbeaten Leinster and end a turbulent calendar year in which they lost their URC title as well as the coach who helped them deliver it.

Leinster will be led by Ireland captain Caelan Doris but they have left their pantomime villain at home, with one-time Munster man RG Snyman not required. Munster’s star out-half Jack Crowley has also been rested.

Munster make seven changes from the side that scraped through a forgettable Belfast scrap with Rory Scannell, Billy Burns, Ethan Coughlan, Dian Bleuler, Oli Jager and Alex Kendellen also coming into the starting fifteen

There is a positional switch for Tom Ahern as he moves to the back row. Mike Haley, Calvin Nash and Shane Daly form an unchanged back three with Rory Scannell and last week’s Player of the Match Tom Farrell in midfield.

Coughlan and Burns start together in the half-backs.

Bleuler has completed the return-to-play protocols to make his fourth start at…

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