The last round of interprovincial derbies will take place this weekend with Connacht travelling to Thomond Park to face Munster while Leinster welcome Ulster to the RDS.
Ireland captain Rory Best has recovered from an ankle skin infection to captain an Ulster side that welcomes back Iain Henderson and Jacob Stockdale to the starting line-up as Les Kiss’ side look to build momentum from their come from behind win over Munster on New Year’s Day.
Meanwhile for Leinster Jack McGrath will captain the province for the first time in his career with Jordan Larmour replacing Rob Kearney at full-back while Johnny Sexton moves to the bench in place of Ross Byrne.
Similarly at Munster, Peter O’Mahony will start from the bench while CJ Stander will return to a backrow featuring Jack O’Donoghue who moves to blindside flanker while Conor Oliver will start from the openside.
Conor Murray will also return at scrum-half for Johan van Graan’s side and partner Ian Keatley in the halves, while Chris Farrell will return from a knee injury to join Rory Scannell in the centres as Sam Arnold serves the first game of his three week ban for a high tackle on Ulster’s Christian Leali’ifano earlier this week.
🚨 Here is your Ulster team to face Leinster tomorrow. Welcome back @RoryBest2 👍 pic.twitter.com/Z4aWb8terk
— Ulster Rugby (@UlsterRugby) January 5, 2018
LINE UP: Here is our 23-man squad for tomorrow's #GUINNESSPRO14 match. #LEIvULS #JoinTheRoar pic.twitter.com/PkUUN9zidz
— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) January 5, 2018
Here is your Munster team to face Connacht at @ThomondStadium tomorrow night as CJ Stander captains the side and Chris Farrell, Rhys Marshall and Conor Oliver return from injury.
Full details | https://t.co/Cok3oFiNsE#MUNvCON #SUAF pic.twitter.com/0xLauwA9CZ
— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) January 5, 2018
Kieran Keane has announced his starting XV to take on Munster in Thomond Park on Saturday (Kick Of 7:45pm – Live on TG4). #MUNvCON
➡️ https://t.co/G4kJefKMPl pic.twitter.com/wv2uM6ntiH— Connacht Rugby (@connachtrugby) January 5, 2018
