Leinster have named Joey Carbery at full-back for the province’s final game of the PRO14 regular season against Connacht.
After a week where Carbery and fly-half Ross Byrne were both linked with moves to Ulster to replace former fly-half Paddy Jackson, Leinster head coach Leo Cullen named Carbery at full-back.
Elsewhere Tom Daly will partner soon to be Leinster centurion Noel Reid in the centres with Daly set to make his first appearance for the province this season after tearing his ACL in the pre-season game against Perpignan.
Meanwhile Connacht will be bidding farewell to captain and number eight John Muldoon at the Sportsgrounds with the 35-year-old set to join Bristol next season as a coach.
Muldoon will join Jarrad Butler and Eoin McKeon in the backrow while lock Gavin Thornbury has been selected ahead of Ultan Dillane in the second-row with Ireland international Quinn Roux set to partner him in the tight five.
Leinster Rugby
15. Joey Carbery
14. Barry Daly
13. Tom Daly
12. Noel Reid
11. James Lowe
10. Ross Byrne
9. Nick McCarthy
1. Jack McGrath CAPTAIN
2. James Tracy
3. Andrew Porter
4. Ross Molony
5. Mick Kearney
6. Max Deegan
7. Peadar Timmins
8. Jack Conan
16. Seán Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Michael Bent
19. Devin Toner
20. Jordi Murphy
21. Jamison Gibson-Park
22. Jordan Larmour
23. Adam Byrne
Connacht Rugby
15. Tiernan O’Halloran
14. Niyi Adeolokun
13. Tom Farrell
12. Bundee Aki
11. Matt Healy
10. Jack Carty
9. Kierna Marmion
1. Denis Buckley
2. Shane Delahunt
3. Finlay Bealham
4. Gavin Thornbury
5. Quinn Roux
6. Eoin McKeon
7. Jarrad Butler
8. John Muldoon CAPTAIN
16. Tom McCartney
17. Peter McCabe
18. Conor Carey
19. Ultan Dillane
20. Eoghan Masterson
21. Caolin Blade
22. Craig Ronaldson
23. Darragh Leader
Sam Arnold retains his place while Ulster name full-strength side
Munster centre Sam Arnold is the only survivor from the Munster starting team that lost last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-final to Racing in Bordeaux.
Munster went down 27-22 to the 2016 finalists as they once again came up short at the penultimate stage of the competition.
Arnold will partner Dan Goggin in the centres in a new look starting side with JJ Hanrahan set to partner Duncan Williams in the halves.
Meanwhile Ulster have named a full strength side for the trip to Limerick with Ireland internationals Rory Best, Iain Henderson and Jacob Stockdale all slated to start.
Ulster need to register a bonus point win at Thomond Park, while also hoping for Edinburgh to gain no points from their tie with Glasgow, in order to earn a PRO14 play-off spot next weekend.
Scrum-half John Cooney is unavailable due to concussion while Charles Piutau will not play due to family reasons.
Munster: Stephen Fitzgerald; Calvin Nash, Sammy Arnold, Dan Goggin, Darren Sweetnam; JJ Hanrahan, Duncan Williams; James Cronin, Mike Sherry (captain), Brian Scott; Gerbrandt Grobler, Darren O’Shea; Dave O’Callaghan, Conor Oliver, Robin Copeland.
Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Jeremy Loughman, Stephen Archer, Jean Kleyn, Jack O’Donoghue, James Hart, Bill Johnston, Shane Daly.
Ulster: Louis Ludik; Craig Gilroy, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Johnny McPhillips, Dave Shanahan; Callum Black, Rory Best (captain), Ross Kane, Alan O’Connor, Iain Henderson, Clive Ross, Sean Reidy, Nick Timoney;
Replacements: Rob Herring, Andrew Warwick, Tom O’Toole, Kieran Treadwell, Chris Henry, Pau Marshall, Angus Curtis, Tommy Bowe.
