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Munster team to face Northampton | O' Donoghue starts

Munster team to face Northampton | O' Donoghue starts
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The Munster team to face Northampton in the Heineken Champions Cup on Sunday has been named and Jack O' Donghue is back in the first XV.

The Waterford native has been named at blindside flanker with Captain Peter O' Mahony moving to seven. That change is the only positional switch in the side in the side, while there are four personnel changes to the team that lost to Toulouse last weekend

Jack Crowley, Keith Earls, Conor Murray, and O’Donoghue come into the starting team.

It will be just the second start of the season for Earls who will line out on the left wing with Mike Haley at full-back and Calvin Nash on the right flank.

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Murray returns to the starting side having not made the bench last time out. He partners Joey Carbery in the half-backs.

The tight five remains unchanged with Jeremy Loughman,  Niall Scannell and John Ryan up front while Jean Kleyn and Tadgh Beirne make up the engine room.

They're underway at Franklin's Gardens from 1 o clock on Sunday.

Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Jack Crowley, Keith Earls, Joey Carbery, Conor Murray; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Jack O’Donoghue, Peter O’Mahony (C), Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, Roman Salanoa, John Hodnett, Alex Kendellen, Craig Casey, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly.
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