De Allende on Munster bench for Bulls clash at Loftus

Munster have benched Springbok star Damian de Allende ahead of their United Rugby Championship (URC) encounter against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

De Allende has recovered from an abdomen injury to take his place and could make his first appearance since January.

Coach Johann van Graan made seven changes to his side after their win against the Dragons at Thomond Park last weekend.

Jean Kleyn and Chris Cloete are the other two South Africans set to take the field for the Irish outfit.

Meanwhile, Mark Donnelly and Eoin O'Connor are set for their first URC appearances - making their Munster debuts against Wasps in December.

Play on Saturday starts at 16:05.

Teams:

Bulls

15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp

Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Canan Moodie

Munster

15 Mike Haley; 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Simon Zebo; 10 Ben Healy, 9 Neil Cronin; 8 Josh Wycherley, 7 Niall Scannell, 6 Stephen Archer; 5 Jean Kleyn, 4 Fineen Wycherley; 3 Jack O’Donoghue (captain), 2 Chris Cloete, 1 Alex Kendellen.

Substitutes: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 John Ryan, 19 Eoin O’Connor, 20 John Hodnett, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Damian de Allende