Munster director of rugby Rassie Erasmus on the training ground at UL earlier this week. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO

RASSIE ERASMUS HAS named three debutants in Munster’s starting XV for tomorrow night’s Guinness Pro14 opener against Benetton Treviso at Musgrave Park [KO 7.35pm, TG4].

Having arrived in the summer from Grenoble, new signing Chris Farrell starts at centre. Academy duo Liam O’Connor and Sean O’Connor also get their first competitive starts for the province in the front and back rows respectively.

New signings Ciaran Parker and James Hart are included among the replacements, while Mike Sherry is also on the bench having returned from a 16-month injury lay-off in last week’s pre-season victory away to Worcester Warriors.

Chris Farrell on the charge for Munster in last week's pre-season friendly against Worcester Warriors. Source: James Crombie/INPHO

Munster:

15. Andrew Conway

14. Darren Sweetnam

13. Chris Farrell

12. Jaco Taute

11. Alex Wootton

10. Tyler Bleyendaal (captain)

9. Duncan Williams

1. Liam O’Connor

2. Rhys Marshall

3. Stephen Archer

4. Jean Kleyn

5. Billy Holland

6. Sean O’Connor

7. Tommy O’Donnell

8. Jack O’Donoghue

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Replacements:

16. Mike Sherry

17. Brian Scott

18. Ciaran Parker

19. Fineen Wycherley

20. Robin Copeland

21. James Hart

22. Ian Keatley

23. Dan Goggin

Dubliner Ian McKinley starts at full-back for Treviso. Source: Giuseppe Fama/INPHO

Benetton Treviso:

15. Ian McKinley

14. Angelo Esposito

13. Tommaso Benvenuti

12. Tommaso Allan

11. Edoardo Gori

10. Marty Banks

9. Tito Tebaldi

1. Federico Zani

2. Luca Bigi

3. Simone Ferrari

4. Dean Budd (captain)

5. Marco Lazzaroni

6. Francesco Minto

7. Sebastian Negri

8. Whetu Douglas

Replacements:

16. Engjel Makelara

17. Cherif Traore

18. Marco Riccioni

19. Federico Ruzza

20. Abraham Steyn

21. Giorgio Bronzini

22. Alberto Sgarbi

23. Andrea Buondonno