Graham Rowntree sends out signal with Munster selection for game against Northampton
Nevertheless, it is something of a gamble by Rowntree should Northampton – for whom Courtney Lawes is one of four changes – stay the course and ensure a tight endgame given Earls, Murray and Archer have 623 Munster caps between them, including a combined 198 in the Champions Cup.
The latter, champions for a fifth time two seasons ago, are in a foot race with reigning champions La Rochelle to top this pool. They host Ulster at another sold-out Stade Marcel Deflandre on Saturday afternoon and Ultan Dillane is one of Ronan O’Gara’s seven changes to the team which finally ended La Rochelle’s eight-match losing sequence against their bête noire when beating an admittedly understrength Toulouse 30-7 at home last Saturday night.
Madigan will be partnered by Nathan Doak, and Rob Lyttle replaces the hamstrung Robert Baloucoune, while Luke Marshall and Stewart Moore are named in midfield as Stuart McCloskey and James Hume are also ruled out. The prognosis looks altogether more straightforward for Leinster, who need to beat Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday and at least match Exeter’s result away to the Bulls to maintain pole position in Pool A and a prospective home route to the final in the Aviva.
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