If province fails to secure famous win, they are sure to have a go and rattle rival’s cage
Even without Thomas Ramos, Toulouse also possess the X-factor of the incomparable Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack, as well as Italian star Ange Capuozzo and Arthur Retiere on the bench.
Given Munster’s scrum issues in last season’s epic quarter-final, John Ryan has been reinstated after helping to lock the scrum in last month’s 18-13 defeat in Thomond Park. John Hodnett, a dog of war fit for this occasion, replaces the suspended Jack O’Donoghue, while the bench has the experience and physicality this occasion will demand with the return of Conor Murray, the Scotland-bound Ben Healy and former All Blacks centre Malakai Fekitoa, surprisingly chosen ahead of Keith Earls.
Munster don’t look like the 14-point underdogs. The Stade Ernest Wallon is not one of France’s most imposing cauldrons, least of all on a Sunday afternoon. Whatever about a famous win, they will have a go and will rattle the Toulouse cage.Melvyn Jaminet; Juan Cruz Mallía, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Pita Ahki, Dimitri Delibes; Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont ; Cyril Baille, Julien Marchand, Dorian Aldegheri; Richie Arnold, Emmanuel Meafou; Anthony Jelonch, Jack Willis, Alexandre Roumat.
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