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All You Need To Know | Guinness PRO14 Semi-Final

16th May 2019 By The Editor

Josh van der Flier and CJ Stander ahead of Saturday

Josh van der Flier and CJ Stander ahead of Saturday's Guinness PRO14 semi-final.

Munster face Leinster in the Guinness PRO14 semi-final at the RDS Arena on Saturday (2.30pm – live on eir sport 1, Premier Sports 1, DAZN & Super Sport).

  • Buy the final remaining tickets here.
  • Read Munster’s squad update ahead of the game here.
  • Check out the best training pics here.

Munster were PRO14 finalists in 2017, semi-finalists last year and have reached the semi-final stage again this season.

The province have won 17 of their 22 PRO14 games this year, including all 11 home matches.

Leinster were the first team to qualify for the Guinness PRO14 Final Series, but were beaten in the Champions Cup final by Saracens last weekend.

The sides met twice earlier this season. Leinster emerged with a 30-22 victory at the Aviva Stadium in October with Munster winning 26-17 at Thomond Park in December.

Team Line-Ups

Leinster: Jordan Larmour; Dave Kearney, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, James Lowe; Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath; Cian Healy, Seán Cronin, Tadhg Furlong, Devin Toner, James Ryan, Rhys Ruddock (C), Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.

Replacements: Bryan Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Porter, Scott Fardy, Max Deegan, Nick McCarthy, Johnny Sexton, Rory O’Loughlin.

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

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Liam O’Connor, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Jack O’Donoghue, Alby Mathewson, JJ Hanrahan, Dan Goggin.

See full Munster team details here.

Match Officials

Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 35th competition game)

Assistants: Lloyd Linton (IRFU) and Keith Allen (SRU)

TMO: Neil Paterson (SRU)

Video | Press Pass

Video | Road To the Semi-Final

Video | Mike Haley Player Profile

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