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Billy Holland captains Munster on 150th appearance

The province have made six changes for their upcoming clash with Edinburgh at Murrayfield.

MUNSTER HAVE MADE six changes to their starting XV ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Edinburgh at Murrayfield.

Billy Holland captains the side on his 150th PRO14 appearance, while JJ Hanrahan, Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam, Mike Sherry, Jack O’Donoghue and Conor Oliver all come into the team following the defeat of Glasgow three weeks ago.

It will be Sherry’s first PRO14 appearance since April 2016, as he has recovered from a back injury that kept him out for a sustained period.

Tommy O’Donnell is on the bench and is expected to play for the first time since picking up a shoulder injury on New Year’s Day, while fellow substitute and Academy scrum-half Jack Stafford is in line to make his second senior appearance.

The match kicks off at 7.35pm.

Munster

15. Simon Zebo
14. Darren Sweetnam
13. Sammy Arnold
12. Rory Scannell
11. Alex Wootton
10. JJ Hanrahan
9. James Hart

1. James Cronin
2. Mike Sherry
3. Stephen Archer
4. Jean Kleyn
5. Billy Holland (captain)
6. Jack O’Donoghue
7. Conor Oliver
8. Robin Copeland.

Replacements:

16. Kevin O’Byrne
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. Brian Scott
19. Darren O’Shea
20. Tommy O’Donnell
21. Jack Stafford
22. Bill Johnston
23. Dan Goggin.

Edinburgh

15. Dougie Fife
14. Jason Harries
13. Mark Bennett
12. Chris Dean
11. Duhan van der Merwe
10. Jaco van der Walt
9. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

1. Jordan Lay
2. Neil Cochrane
3. Murray McCallum
4. Fraser McKenzie (captain)
5. Ben Toolis
6. Magnus Bradbury
7. John Hardie
8. Bill Mata

Replacements:

16. Cameron Fenton
17. Rory Sutherland
18. Simon Berghan
19. Lewis Carmichael
20. Cornell du Preez
21. Nathan Fowles
22. Duncan Weir
23. Junior Rasolea

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