Munster's plans to slay the Newport-Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade this evening have suffered a setback after Barry Murphy and Denis Leamy were ruled out through illness.

Trevor Halstead returns to his usual spot at inside centre, moving Lifeimi Mafi to number 13, while Welshman Chris Wyatt will play at blindside wing forward and John O'Sullivan moves to open to replace Leamy.

Mossy Lawlor comes onto the replacements bench.

MUNSTER: C Cullen; A Horgan, L Mafi, T Halstead, I Dowling; J Manning, T Ó'Leary; M Horan, A Kyraicou, T Buckley; D Ryan, M O'Driscoll; C Wyatt, J O'Sullivan, A Foley. Replacements: F Pucciariello, E McGovern, P O'Connell, J Coughlan, B O'Meara, E Hickie, M Lawlor.

DRAGONS: K Morgan; G Wyatt, P Emerick, A Smith, N Brew; C Sweeney, G Cooper; A Black, B Daly, L Harrison; I Gough, L Charteris/P Sidoli; C Charvis, J Ringer, M Owen. Replacements: K Crawford, D Maddocks, A Hall, N Fitisemanu, G Chapman, M Hercus, A Walker.

Referee:Andy Macpherson (Scotland)