Earls could feature for munster

Keith Earls could make his first appearance of the season after being named in the Munster side to face Zebre in Italy on Saturday. The versatile player has successfully rehabbed a knee injury sustained at an Ireland training camp during preseason, and is named among the replacements for this weekend's clash in Italy – kick off 3pm Irish time.   

 

Prop James Cronin could also feature from the bench after recovering from a shoulder injury sustained during Munster's Champions Cup defeat to Clermont Auvergne at the start of December.   In total Foley makes seven personnel changes from the side that started in the defeat away to Connacht on New Year's Day.  

This game will not be broadcast on Irish channels.  You can follow live updates on twitter by following @munsterrugby #ZebVMun  

 

Munster:  Felix Jones; Ronan O'Mahony, Pat Howard, JJ Hanrahan, Simon Zebo; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Eusebio Guinazu, Kevin O'Byrne, Stephen Archer; Dave Foley, Billy Holland; Dave O'Callaghan, Peter O'Mahony – capt, CJ Stander. Replacements: Niall Scannell, James Cronin, John Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paddy Butler, Duncan Williams, Keith Earls, Johne Murphy.