Munster vs Gloucester, Sat 20th Oct 1pm, VM One / BT Sport 2

Munster:
Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam; Joey Carbery, Duncan Williams;
James Cronin, Rhys Marshall, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O’Mahony (C), Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Dave Kilcoyne, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Arno Botha, Alby Mathewson, JJ Hanrahan, Sammy Arnold.

Gloucester:
15. Jason Woodward; 14. Matt Banahan, 13. Billy Twelvetrees, 12. Mark Atkinson, 11. Tom Marshall; 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Callum Braley;
1. Josh Hohneck, 2. Franco Marais, 3. Fraser Balmain; 4. Tom Savage, 5. Ed Slater (capt); 6. Freddie Clarke, 7. Jake Polledri, 8. Ben Morgan

Henry Walker, 17. Val Rapava Ruskin, 18. Ciaran Knight, 19. Gerbrandt Grobler, 20. Gareth Evans, 21. Ben Vellacott, 22. Owen Williams, 23. Tom Hudson

Unavailable for selection:
Ruan Ackermann, Gareth Denman, Ruan Dreyer, James Hanson, Willi Heinz, Jaco Kriel, Lewis Ludlow, Paddy McAllister, Will Safe, Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder

Munster host Gloucester who come to Thomond Park on the back of a win at home against Castres. Munster are expected to win comfortably to put themselves in a strong position before the back-to-back against Castres in December.

The Munster side sees a few changes in the pack from last week. After struggles in the scrum we see a new front row of Cronin, Marshall and Ryan. Following a knock in training Niall Scannell is not in the 23 with O'Byrne taking the bench spot. Tommy O'Donnell comes in at 7 for Chris Cloete with Arno Botha coming onto the bench. Alby Mathewson has recovered from injury and replaces Neil Cronin as the backup scrum-half.

Gloucester are down a few names and you'd expect Munster to look at this game as a prime opportunity for five points.