**Mack Hansen is back for Connacht as they prepare to host Munster on New Year's Day.** The winger has been one of the stand-out players of the United Rugby Championship season so far and tops the try charts with six to his name so far. Hansen returns from injury as one of two changes to the XV beaten by Leicester Tigers a fortnight ago, with Oisin Dowling also coming into the second row. Jack O'Donoghue captains a Munster side showing seven changes from their win over Castres, while academy back-row forward Alex Kendellen makes his first start for the province. Rory Scannell is included among the replacements and could make his 150th Munster appearance.
