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Leinster And Munster Name Teams For Champions Cup Semi-Finals

Leinster And Munster Name Teams For Champions Cup Semi-Finals
PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Both Leinster and Munster have named their starting XVs for the weekend's Champions Cup semi-finals against Clermont and Saracens.

Munster play Saracens at 3:15pm on Saturday at the Aviva, while Leinster will play Clermont at 3pm in Lyon on Sunday.

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Due to a tight hamstring, Sean O'Brien is unavailable for Leinster. Also absent from the matchday squad are Adam Byrne, who is fit, and Rory O'Loughlin.

Leinster team to play Clermont

15. Joey Carbery; 14. Fergus McFadden, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Robbie Henshaw, 11. Isa Nacewa; 10. Johnny Sexton, 9. Luke McGrath; 1. Jack McGrath, 2. Richardt Strauss, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Devin Toner, 5. Hayden Triggs, 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Dan Leavy, 8. Jack Conan

Replacements:

16. Sean Cronin, 17. Peter Dooley, 18. Michael Bent, 19. Ross Molony, 20. Josh van der Flier, 21. Jamison Gibson-Park, 22. Ross Byrne, 23. Zane Kirchner

Bar the absence of the injured Conor Murray, Munster have named their strongest possible team with doubts CJ Stander, Rory Scannell and Duncan Williams all being passed fit.

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Strangely, there is no scrum-half on the bench for Munster.

Munster team to play Saracens

15. Simon Zebo; 14. Andrew Conway, 13. Jaco Taute, 12. Rory Scannell, 11. Keith Earls; 10. Tyler Bleyendaal, 9. Duncan Williams; 1. Dave Kilcoyne, 2. Niall Scannell, 3. John Ryan, 4. Donnacha Ryan, 5. Billy Holland, 6. Peter O'Mahony, 7. Tommy O'Donnell, 8. CJ Stander

Replacements:

16. Rhys Marshall, 17. James Cronin, 18. Stephen Archer, 19. Dave O'Callaghan, 20. Jean Deysel, 21. Ian Keatley, 22. Francis Saili, 23. Darren Sweetnam


Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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