The Irish province opened their latest Investec Champions Cup campaign with a 33-7, bonus point win over Stade Francais in Limerick last Saturday.
Munster Rugby secured a 33 – 7 victory over Stade Francais at Thomond Park to get their Investec Champions Cup campaign off to the perfect start.
Just five of the seven changes made for last week versus Fiji from the November 15 win over Argentina were reversed for this Saturday’s series-ending fixture with Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies.
The title-winning Guinness Six Nations 2024 skipper with Ireland was a first half casualty in his province’s October 5 URC win over Ospreys in Cork.
.Munster suffered a third successive defeat in the United Rugby Championship after losing 41-24 to Sharks in Durban.
The veteran trio has a combined age of 107 yet Andy Farrell wants his on-field ambassadors to stick around.
Caelan Doris has been named Ireland captain for the Autumn Nations Series, taking over from Peter O'Mahony who has also been named in the squad.
Veteran scrum-half Conor Murray has returned home to Ireland midway through Munster's tour of South Africa for personal reasons.
The second Emerging Ireland tour in South Africa gave coaching an insight into the talent coming the famed system and didn't disappoint