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O'Connell and Ryan doing what they do best. Dan Sheridan/INPHO

Munster fans will be overjoyed to see the destructive second row pairing for this weekend

Paul O’Connell and Donnacha Ryan are as physical as they come.

DONNACHA RYAN HAS had a terrible time with injuries this season but he is finally getting a run of games at the perfect time for Anthony Foley and Munster.

Ryan will partner Paul O’Connell at second row when Munster run out at Ravenhill tomorrow afternoon, with the inclusion of the Ireland captain one of three changes to the team.

Amazingly, it will be the first time that the duo have played together at second row since away to Perpignan in December 2013.

There is one other change to the pack, with Eusebio Guinazu coming in for Duncan Casey at hooker while Denis Hurley has been pickled to play alongside Andrew Smith in the centre.

An away win for Munster will almost certainly see them claim a home Pro12 semi-final, so there is plenty to play for.

The game kicks off tomorrow at 14.40.

Munster

15. Felix Jones

14 Keith Earls

13. Andrew Smith

12. Denis Hurley

11. Simon Zebo

10. Ian Keatley

9. Conor Murray

1. Dave Kilcoyne

2. Eusebio Guinazu

3. Stephen Archer

4. Donnacha Ryan

5. Paul O’Connell

6. Peter O’Mahony Capt.

7. Tommy O’Donnell

8. CJ Stander

 

16. Duncan Casey

17. John Ryan

18. BJ Botha

19. Billy Holland

20. Jack O’Donoghue

21. Duncan Williams

22. JJ Hanrahan

23. Ronan O’Mahony.

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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:38 PM

    Great idea,, much easier to walk out before the final whistle,,, à la last year…;)

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    Apr 30th 2020, 11:51 PM

    @devils avacado: have you ever considered eating yourself, serious question?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 1:01 AM

    It works very well on hill 16 except when the GAA over sell it . Keep the numbers right shouldn’t be a problem when social distancing regulations are relaxed

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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:00 PM

    Has to be a safe option for this season anyway

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    Apr 29th 2020, 11:14 PM

    Money money money

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    Apr 30th 2020, 6:29 PM

    @The Irish Pain: more money where?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 7:14 AM

    I suppose if the fans are standing up it’s harder for them to fall asleep watching a shite team .

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    Apr 30th 2020, 7:21 AM

    @Ger Martin: great team at Anfield these days and its still ynwa for 2 mins at the start and 2 mins at the end and nothing in between. Yawn

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    Apr 30th 2020, 8:41 AM

    @Ger Martin: Why do you devote so much energy into hating an English team that you have no geographical connection to?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 10:33 AM

    @Mossy: relax lenny, don’t see anyone questioning your simpsons character/profile pic!

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    Apr 30th 2020, 10:36 AM

    @Mossy: you know Ger personally do you ? It was a joke. Lighten up. It was of a better quality then the like of the ‘loserpool’ stuff on here. Nobody Monday a decent or semi decent joke.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 1:28 PM

    @Brian Dunne: if you believe that then I guess you’re the type of fan who watches highlights on youtube and just reads the headlines to stay in the loop trying to be cool.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 1:34 PM

    @King B: nah its common knowledge.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 1:49 PM

    @Brian Dunne: oh right, well if that is truly the case then at least the fans are there for the last two minutes compared to other fair weather, submissive, prawn sandwich eating fans.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:04 PM

    @King B: yeah yeah. Sorry, pool fans are the most sooper dooper fans in the world. Happy?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:12 PM

    @Brian Dunne: not entirely, you forgot the part where you say man u fans are the worst.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:26 PM

    @King B: correct,sorry. I forgot about that time united fans behaviour led to a European ban on all english teams. Oh wait….

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:45 PM

    @Brian Dunne: typical man u fan, always blowing on about history….

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    Apr 30th 2020, 2:49 PM

    @King B: typical pool fan,try to rewrite history….

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    Apr 30th 2020, 4:12 PM

    @Brian Dunne: now where did I suggest that?
    Our future is positive, that’s the way I’m looking you can stay in the distant past if you’d like.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 4:40 PM

    @King B: yeah the pool fans love forgetting certain things from the past when it suits them. Can’t be taking away from the “best fans in the world” image now can we?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 5:42 PM

    @Brian Dunne: I wasn’t even born sham so how I could possibly remember it?
    Let’s talk about the present and try and drag yourself out of the past.
    your skummy fans singing songs about Hillsborough every chance they get?
    Ever heard of Icj or the m58 firm?
    Drug and people traffickers, armed robbers and they’re all hooligans involved in the ‘red army’. That’s what man u fans are up to today. Skum of the earth.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 6:13 PM

    @King B: your lot were quite happy singing munich songs for years before Hillsborough. Some still sing about it. Robbing tickets off each other in athens. Heysel. Lovely lot.

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    Apr 30th 2020, 6:59 PM

    @Brian Dunne: are you still talking about events in the past?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 7:06 PM

    @King B: or we can talk about more recent behaviour like attacking opponents team busses. Throwing excrement in cups at old trafford. Damaging seats and toilets at old trafford. Lovely lot. Salt of the earth

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    Apr 30th 2020, 9:44 PM

    @Brian Dunne: stuff was thrown at a bus, no fans no where have ever done that before. there’s books and newspaper articles to back up my point about your fans being criminals. Do you’ve any for your claims?

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    Apr 30th 2020, 10:07 PM

    @King B: everything i mentioned was documented either online or in newspapers. Every club has a bad elememt following them. But liverpool fans like to put themselves on a pedestal and think they are better than everyone else when the truth is very different

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    May 1st 2020, 10:14 AM

    @Brian Dunne: I googled searched and searched and found nothing to those claims. I’ve nothing better to be doing so it was a solid search.
    No we don’t, just because you say we do doesn’t make it true.
    Nice sly dig about Hillsborough there too, see skum.. We know the truth.

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    May 1st 2020, 10:18 AM

    @King B: what sly dig about Hillsborough you absolute melt??

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    Apr 30th 2020, 12:04 AM

    Have the local council nothing better to be doing at the moment!!??

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