O’Callaghan and Stringer start for Warriors against Munster

Donncha O’Callaghan will lead the Worcester Warriors against his former club Munster Rugby on Thursday at Sixways in their final pre-season clash as confirmed on the club’s official website (kick-off 7.30pm).

While fellow Munster legend Peter Stringer also starts for the Aviva Premiership side who have made six changes from the side that faced Birmingham Moseley last weekend.

https://twitter.com/Munsterrugby/status/900329027176722432

Warriors have named 14 replacements including Alafoti Faosiliva, who has recently returned from international duty with Samoa over the summer.

Warriors
15 Josh Adams
14 Perry Humphreys
13 Wynand Olivier
12 Jackson Willison
11 Dean Hammond
10 Sam Olver
9 Peter Stringer
1 Ryan Bower
2 Jack Singleton
3 Biyi Alo
4 Donncha O’Callaghan (C)
5 Pierce Phillips
6 Matt Cox
7 Sam Lewis
8 GJ van Velze

Replacements
16 Joe Taufete’e
17 Joe Wrafter (Birmingham Moseley)
18 Stefan Thorp (Stourbridge RFC)
19 Christian Scotland-Williamson
20 Huw Taylor
21 Jonny Arr
22 Tom Heathcote
23 Tom Howe
24 Matti Williams
25 Darren Barry
26 Alafoti Faosiliva
27 Will Butler
28 Jamie Shillcock
29 Ben Howard

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