Coach Declan Kidney has tinkered with his selection for Munster's Magner's League crunch match against Connacht at Musgrave Park on Thursday.

Denis Hurley, John Kelly, Kieran Lewis, Paul Warwick, Frank Sheahan, Tony Buckley, Donnacha Ryan and Niall Ronan have all been ushered to the side.

Kelly, 33, will bow out of his Munster career in the right manner with his first start for the province since pre-season.

MUNSTER (v Connacht): D Hurley; J Kelly, K Lewis, L Mafi, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; F Pucciariello, F Sheahan T Buckley, D O'Callaghan, D Ryan, D Leamy, N Ronan, A Foley.

Replacements: J Flannery, M Horan, M O'Driscoll, J Coughlan; G Hurley, R O'Gara, B Murphy.

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