The Munster team has been named for Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup opener against Bayonne at Thomond Park (5.30pm). Match tickets are available here. Tadhg Beirne captains the side with six changes to the starting XV from last week’s win over Glasgow Warriors at Musgrave Park. There are three...
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Munster team for Bayonne
Munster: Calvin Nash; Shay McCarthy, Alex Nankivell, Rory Scannell, Seán O’Brien; Jack Crowley, Conor Murray; Jeremy Loughman, Scott Buckley, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne (C); Tom Ahern, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Eoghan Clarke, Josh Wycherley, Stephen Archer, Jack O’Donoghue, Alex Kendellen, Craig Casey, Tony Butler, Ben O’Connor.
Bayonne:
1- Matis PERCHAUD ; 2- Facundo BOSCH ; 3- Tevita TATAFU
4- Denis MARCHOIS (c) ; 5- Konstantin MIKAUTADZE
6- Pierre HUGUET ; 8- Rodrigo BRUNI ; 7- Baptiste HEGUY
9- Maxime MACHENAUD ; 10- Thomas DOLHAGARAY
11- Rémy BAGET ; 12- Eneriko BULIRUARUA ; 13- Peyo MUSCARDITZ ; 14- Bastien POURAILLY
15- Cheikh TIBERGHIEN
Remplaçants : 16- Thomas ACQUIER ; 17- Swan CORMERNIER ; 18- Arthur ITURRIA ; 19- Rémi BOURDEAU ; 20- Gela APRASIDZE ; 21- Tom SPRING ; 22- Arnaud ERBINARTEGARAY ; 23- Luke TAGI
Should be a good game, looks like they're not sending a second team.