**Springboks centre Damian de Allende is back in the Munster starting XV for their trip to face the Emirates Lions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.** De Allende scored off the bench as Munster's fightback fell short in defeat to the Vodacom Bulls last weekend, but he returns as one of five changes to the side beaten in Pretoria. Shane Daly, Jack Crowley, John Ryan and John Hodnett also come into the XV. The Lions have lost captain Jaco Kriel to an arm injury that required surgery this week. Sibusiso Sangweni will replace Kriel in the back row, while Burger Odendaal skippers the side.
