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Published 12:34 15 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 12:30 16 Jan 2016 GMT
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This opens up the possibility of an Irish backline looking like this: Payne; Trimble, Ringrose, Henshaw, Zebo; Sexton, Murray.Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss has been forced to re-jig his back row after knocks to Nick Williams and Chris Henry. Roger Wilson starts at No.8 for the Saracens game while Sean Reidy is openside.
ULSTER: J Payne; A Trimble, L Marshall, S McCloskey, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar; K McCall, R Best (c), W Herbst; A O'Connor, F van der Merwe; R Diack, S Reidy, R Wilson; Replacements: R Herring, C Black, R Lutton, C Ross, S Reidy, P Marshall, I Humphreys, R Scholes.
Anthony Foley has made a few tweaks to his Munster team to face Stade Francais.
Ronan O'Mahony is named on the left wing with Billy Holland coming in at blindside. 20-year-old prop Liam O'Connor is named on the bench.
There was a late change on the bench as fit-again Niall Scannell replaced fellow hooker Kevin O'Byrne.
Munster: Simon Zebo; Keith Earls, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Mike Sherry, Mario Sagario; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland, Tommy O'Donnell, CJ Stander (c). Replacements: Niall Scannell, Liam O'Connor, John Ryan, Donnacha Ryan, Robin Copeland, Jack O'Donoghue, Tomás O'Leary, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.
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