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Munster And Leinster Teams For Saturday Night's Big Game Announced

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PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Picture credit: Sportsfile
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Rob Penney has named his Munster side to play Leinster at the Aviva tomorrow evening.

Donnacha Ryan was ruled out earlier in the week through injury, so Dave Foley starts in the second row alongside Paul O'Connell.

The main surprise is the inclusion of Denis Hurley at inside centre instead of James Downey. Ian Keatley gets the nod ahead of JJ Hanrahan at out-half and Simon Zebo starts on the wing.

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The Leinster team has also been named.

Six Nations winner Dave Kearney is completely omitted from the squad as he picked up a knock during training. The other notable selections are Ian Madigan ahead of Jimmy Gopperth at out-half and Richardt Strauss ahead of Sean Cronin at hooker.

Michael Bent starts at loosehead as both Cian Healy and Jack McGrath are injured.

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Rob Kearney, Fergus McFadden, Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Luke Fitzgerald, Ian Madigan, Eoin Reddan, Jamie Heaslip, Shane Jennings, Kevin McLaughlin, Mike McCarthy, Devin Toner, Mike Ross, Richardt Strauss, Michael Bent

Replacements:

Sean Cronin, Jack O'Connell, Ed Byrne, Leo Cullen, Jordi Murphy, Isaac Boss, Jimmy Gopperth, Zane Kirchner

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