Six changes in Munster team for crunch Champions Cup tie with Gloucester

Munster head coach Johann van Graan has made six changes to his starting lineup for their crucial Champions Cup clash with Gloucester at Kingsholm tomorrow evening.

Peter O’Mahony captains the team that welcomes Rory Scannell, Mike Haley, Conor Murray, Dave Kilcoyne, Stephen Archer and CJ Stander back into the starting XV.

Haley is named at full back with Keith Earls and Andrew Conway either side of him on the left and right wings respectively.

Chris Farrell has recovered from a knew problem to take his place at outside centre alongside Scannell. Murray returns at scrum half to partner Joey Carbery.

Niall Scannell gets the nod over fit again Rhys Marshall and he will pack down in between Kilcoyne and Archer.

Jean Kleyn and Tadhg Beirne start in the second row, while O’Mahony is joined by Tommy O’Donnell and CJ Stander in the back row.

Gloucester have also named their team for the game and are boosted by the return of Danny Cipriani, while former Munster second row, Gerbrandt Grobler, also starts.

The game at Kingsholm has a 7:45pm kick off and is live on BT Sport.

MUNSTER: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O’Mahony, Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Jeremy Loughman, John Ryan, Billy Holland, Arno Botha, Alby Mathewson, Tyler Bleyendaal, Dan Goggin.