Munster will return to South Africa with a strengthened squad for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship games against the DHL Stormers and Sharks.
The Irish club departed for South Africa on Monday, for their second recent trip to the Republic following the Champions Cup last 16 match in Durban.
Munster are expected to arrive on Tuesday as the race for the Vodacom URC playoffs heats up in the final two rounds.
18 forwards and 12 backs have made the trip, as Munster have taken a strongest possible squad very similar to the one that played in the Champions Cup.
Fit-again veteran wing Keith Earls is among an experienced backline that includes Ireland playmakers Conor Murray and Joey Carbery, as well as Tonga international Malakai Fekitoa.
Springbok lock RG Snyman, as well as Ireland’s Jean Kleyn, Gavin Coombes and Peter O’Mahony are joined by promising second rower Edwin Edogbo in the forwards.
Munster will face the Stormers a 6.15pm in Cape Town on Saturday, before taking on the Sharks in the final round in Durban a week later.
Munster squad for the URC tour:
Forwards: Dave Kilcoyne, Josh Wycherley, Jeremy Loughman, Mark Donnelly, Diarmuid Barron, Scott Buckley, Danny Sheahan, Stephen Archer, Keynan Knox; Jean Kleyn, RG Snyman, Fineen Wycherley, Edwin Edogbo, Gavin Coombes, Alex Kendellen, Jack O’Sullivan Jack O’Donoghue, Peter O’Mahony.
Backs: Craig Casey, Conor Murray, Jack Oliver, Joey Carbery, Jack Crowley, Ben Healy, Malakai Fekitoa, Antoine Frisch, Shane Daly, Keith Earls, Calvin Nash, Rory Scannell, Mike Haley.
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