The Munstermen extended their winning run in the PRO14 to five games with last Friday’s 28-10 victory over Scarlets thanks to tries from Gavin Coombes, Shane Daly, Niall Scannell and Kevin O’Byrne.

Their last two meetings have been settled by just two points and it took a last-gasp drop goal from JJ Hanrahan to give a much-changed Munster side an 18-16 victory at the end of January.

Johann van Graan’s men are already in the final and wrap up the Conference phase against winless Benetton, who were the last Italian team to beat Munster in any competition seven and a half years ago.