O'Gara to captain Munster

Magners League team news: Ireland outhalf Ronan O’Gara will captain Munster when Glasgow Warriors visit Thomond Park on Friday…

Magners League team news:Ireland outhalf Ronan O'Gara will captain Munster when Glasgow Warriors visit Thomond Park on Friday (8pm), in a side that shows six personnel changes from the win over Scarlets last week.

There are also welcome returns to the starting XV for Donncha O'Callaghan and Tony Buckley, both of whom featured in the defeat to Scotland, the latter only for two minutes.

Denis Hurley and Lifeimi Mafi are named in the backline, while Alan Quinlan returns to the blindside of the backrow.

Barry Murphy will line out for UL Bohemians against Garryowen at Dooradoyle this weekend as he bids to recover from undergoing surgery in December.

Munster (V Glasgow Warriors): P Warwick; D Hurley, L Mafi, J de Villiers, I Dowling; R O'Gara capt, P Stringer; M Horan, D Fogarty, T Buckley; D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll; A Quinlan, N Ronan, J Coughlan. Replacements: D Varley, D Ryan, B Holland, N Williams, D Williams, T Gleeson, D Howlett.

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