Munster v Scarlets: Teams
Keith Earls will make his return to action in Munster's Heineken Cup clash with the Scarlets.
Last Updated: 18/12/11 3:00pm
Keith Earls will make his long-awaited return to action in Munster's Heineken Cup clash with the Scarlets.
Earls has been sidelined since injuring his knee against Leinster at the start of November but he has been named as one of three changes to the Munster line-up.
Earls replaces Will Chambers, while Denis Leamy starts in place of the injured Peter O'Mahony (jaw) and lock Donncha O'Callaghan starts ahead of the benched Donnacha Ryan.
The Scarlets have recalled British and Irish Lions fly-half Stephen Jones for the return leg with the RaboDirect PRO12 champions.
The return of Jones sees Rhys Priestland moving to full-back in place of Daniel Newton.
The other changes come in the pack, with starts for Rob McCusker, Lou Reed and Rhodri Jones.
Munster: 15 Denis Hurley, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Coughlan, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Denis Leamy, 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Damien Varley, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Denis Fogarty, 17 Marcus Horan, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Donnacha Ryan, 20 Tommy O'Donnell, 21 Tomas O'Leary, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Danny Barnes.
Scarlets: 15 Rhys Priestland, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Jon Edwards, 6 Rob McCusker, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Rhodri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Phil John, 18 Deacon Manu, 19 Sione Timani, 20 Kieran Murphy, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Gareth Maule, 23 Viliame Iongi.
