Tipperary's Brian Gleeson is making his way to the top and is ready to play for Munster today!
The former Rockwell College player signed with Munster’s academy during the summer
Tipperary’s Brian Gleeson has had a year to remember after lining out with the Ireland Under 20s, to great success this year, and then signing a new contract with Munster.
Now, after impressing in training games, the Loughmore native is ready to make his senior debut today if called upon.
He is named on the bench for Munster’s eagerly anticipated game with the Barbarians in Thomond Park.
The 19-year-old is a former Thurles RFC and Rockwell College player and will have a familiar face alongside him today as Diarmuid Barron is also part of the Munster lineup, taking his place in the front row.
The women’s game kicks off the day's action against the Barbarian's at 2pm and the men’s game starts at 4.30pm.
There are eight changes for the Munster Women's team starting fifteen from the side that lined out against Leinster in the Women’s Interprovincial Championship final earlier this month. Here are the teams in full:
Munster Men’s XV to play Barbarians: Shane Daly; Shay McCarthy, Antoine Frisch, Rory Scannell, Calvin Nash; Joey Carbery, Ethan Coughlan; Josh Wycherley, Diarmuid Barron, Stephen Archer; Edwin Edogbo, Fineen Wycherley; Jack O’Donoghue (C), Jack Daly, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Niall Scannell, Mark Donnelly, John Ryan, Tom Ahern, Brian Gleeson, Neil Cronin, Tony Butler, Fionn Gibbons.
Munster Women’s XV: Aoife Corey, Chisom Ugwueru, Alana McInerney, Stephanie Nunan, Stephanie Carroll; Kate Flannery, Muirne Wall; Róisín Ormond, Beth Buttimer, Eilís Cahill; Dorothy Wall (C), Clodagh O’Halloran; Brianna Heylmann, Jane Clohessy, Chloe Pearse.
Replacements: Ciara Farrell, Fiona Reidy, Gillian Coombes, Claire Bennett, Maeve Óg O’Leary, Abbie Salter-Townshend, Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Aoife Doyle.