CONOR MURRAY RETURNS to the Munster starting XV for their Champions Cup clash against Leicester Tigers.

It is the first start in almost a month for the scrum-half who bruised his foot in the win over Treviso.

Coach Anthony Foley makes nine changes overall for Saturday’s game at Thomond Park (7.45pm).

Ian Keatley returns at out-half while Francis Saili, Keith Earls and Andrew Conway all start.

Up front, James Cronin and BJ Botha come back into the front row with Donnacha Ryan at lock and captain CJ Stander wearing number eight.

Munster

15. Andrew Conway
14. Keith Earls
13. Francis Saili
12. Denis Hurley
11. Simon Zebo
10. Ian Keatley
9. Conor Murray

1. James Cronin
2. Niall Scannell
3. BJ Botha
4. Dave Foley
5. Donnacha Ryan
6. Robin Copeland
7. Dave O’Callaghan
8. CJ Stander (c)

Replacements:

16. Mike Sherry
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. John Ryan
19. Mark Chisholm
20. Jack O’Donoghue
21. Tomás O’Leary
22. Tyler Bleyendaal
23. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino

Leicester Tigers

15. Telusa Veainu
14. Adam Thompstone
13. Matt Smith
12. Seremaia Bai
11. Vereniki Goneva
10. Owen Williams
9. Ben Youngs

1. Marcos Ayerza
2. Tom Youngs
3. Dan Cole
4. Graham Kitchener
5. Mike Fitzgerald
6. Ed Slater (c)
7. Brendon O’Connor
8. Lachlan McCaffrey

Replacements:

16. Harry Thacker
17. Matias Aguero
18. Fraser Balmain
19. Dom Barrow
20. Tom Croft
21. Sam Harrison
22. Tommy Bell
23. Gonzalo Camacho

Rob Kearney starts at full back as Leinster prepare for testing Toulon trip