The Irish Mail on Sunday

CHAMPIONS CUP BOOTROOM

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TEAM NEWS: Munster pair Joey Carbery and Conor Murray at half-back for the first time and, though they are without Jean Kleyn in the second row, Johann Van Graan can still name a pack of seven Ireland internatio­nals with South African openside Chris Cloete the odd one out. Castres are without captain Rodrigo Capo Ortega and make five changes to the team that lost at home to Agen last weekend. LAST THREE MEETINGS JAN 2018 – Munster 48 Castres 3 OCT 2017 – Castres 17 Munster 17 JAN 2012 – Munster 26 Castres 10 VERDICT: Munster WHY: With Murray back in tow, Munster should be too powerful.

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OPENSIDE: Cloete

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