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Oisin Doherty

Andrew Porter set to win 100th Leinster cap in Munster St Stephens' day clash

Andrew Porter is set to make his 100th appearance for Leinster against Munster at Thomond Park on St Stephens' day.

The Leinster prop has been named to start against their old rivals in the traditional post-Christmas interpro clash between the two sides.

Porter started in last week's European Champions Cup win over Gloucester and is one of ten players to retain their place in the starting line up for the Munster clash.

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Cian Healy and Dan Sheehan join Porter in the front row with Michael Ala’alatoa and Ronan Kelleher dropping to the bench. Ryan Baird and Joe McCarthy come into the second row and replace Ross Molony and James Ryan.

Rhys Ruddock, Scott Penny and Matt Deegan make up a completely fresh backrow, while Jordan Larmour and Jamie Osborne come into the backline.

Nick McCarthy is paired at half-back alongside Ross Byrne. Johnny Sexton is injured and will not feature.

Munster head coach has made just two changes from last week's win over Northampton with Dave Kilcoyne and Shane Daly coming into the starting XV. Conor Murray and Joey Carbery have been selected as half-backs, while Jack Crowley and Antoine Frisch continue at centre.

MUNSTER: 15. Shane Daly, 14. Calvin Nash, 13. Antoine Frisch, 12. Jack Crowley, 11. Keith Earls, 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Conor Murray.

1. Dave Kilcoyne, 2. Niall Scannell, 3. John Ryan, 4. Jean Kleyn, 5. Tadhg Beirne, 6. Jack O’Donoghue, 7. Peter O’Mahony (Capt), 8. Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: 16. Diarmuid Barron, 17. Josh Wycherley, 18. Roman Salanoa, 19. Kiran McDonald, 20. Alex Kendellen, 21. Craig Casey, 22. Rory Scannell, 23. Patrick Campbell.

LEINSTER: 15. Hugo Keenan, 14. Jordan Larmour, 13. Garry Ringrose (Capt), 12. Jamie Osborne, 11. James Lowe, 10. Ross Byrne, 9. Nick McCarthy.

1. Andrew Porter, 2. Dan Sheehan, 3. Cian Healy, 4. Ryan Baird, 5. Joe McCarthy, 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Scott Penny, 8. Max Deegan.

Replacements: 16. John McKee, 17. Michael Milne, 18. Vakhtang Abdaladze, 19. Ross Molony, 20. Jack Conan, 21. Luke McGrath, 22. Harry Byrne, 23. Liam Turner.

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