All You Need To Know | Gloucester v Munster

9th January 2019 By The Editor

Munster will be wearing their Alternate kit on Friday night.

Munster travel to Kingsholm on Friday night for a vital Champions Cup clash against Gloucester (7.45pm, live on BT Sport).

Pool 2 is evenly poised ahead of the weekend’s clashes with all four sides vying for top spot and a quarter-final place.

While Munster and Gloucester face off at Kingsholm on Friday night, second-placed Castres travel to face Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park on Sunday afternoon (1pm).

A large contingent of Munster supporters are travelling to the south-west of England and the MRSC have compiled an away guide for the weekend, which you can read here.

Pool 2 is evenly poised.

Munster, who will be wearing their Alternate kit for the clash, go into the game on the back of an impressive bonus-point win away to Connacht that saw Johann van Graan’s side move to the top of Guinness PRO14 Conference A.

Gloucester, meanwhile, fell to a 34-16 loss away to Leicester Tigers in the Premiership but have a formidable home record and will be eager to secure the win in front of a sell-out home crowd.

See full Munster team details here.

Check out the best training pics from this week here.

Team Line-Ups

Gloucester: Tom Hudson; Charlie Sharples, Billy Twelvetrees, Mark Atkinson, Ollie Thorley; Danny Cipriani, Callum Braley; Josh Hohneck, Henry Walker, Fraser Balmain; Ed Slater, Gerbrandt Grobler; Franco Mostert, Lewis Ludlow, Ben Morgan (C).

Replacements: Franco Marais, Alex Seville, Ciaran Knight, Freddie Clarke, Gareth Evans, Ben Vellacott, Owen Williams, Henry Trinder.

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O’Mahony (C), Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Jeremy Loughman, John Ryan, Billy Holland, Arno Botha, Alby Mathewson, Tyler Bleyendaal, Dan Goggin.

Press Pass

Munster Head Coach Johann van Graan, captain Peter O’Mahony and full-back Mike Haley all spoke to the media this week, hear the thoughts of the trio ahead of the clash below.

Match Officials

Referee: Romain Poite

Assistant Referees: Cyril Lafon & Stephane Boyer

TMO: Denis Grenouillet

Next Home Game

For the second time this season Thomond Park has sold out two weeks in advance of a fixture, with Munster’s Round 6 Champions Cup clash against Exeter Chiefs set for a capacity crowd of 26,267 on Saturday, January 19 (5.30pm).

See full details here.