The experienced Burger Odendaal takes over the captaincy for this match against the Irish giants at Emirates Airline Park. Kick-off is scheduled for 14h00 - the match will be televised live on SuperSport.

Kriel, who suffered an injury in the 51st minute against Cardiff last Sunday, will be replaced by Sibusiso Sangweni in the only change to the starting XV named by Emirates Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen.

"It’s sad to lose Jaco to injury - he underwent surgery on his arm yesterday, so he’ll be sidelined for an extended period, and we wish him a successful recovery,” said Van Rooyen.

The Lions mentor went on to say that although his team claimed a much-needed win against Cardiff last weekend, the emphasis remains on improvement and minimizing mistakes.

"Last week’s win was a real confidence booster for us however we are not getting ahead of ourselves," he said.

"The hard work continues and the intent to improve each week remains our theme. Munster are a fantastic side and have an impeccable record in this competition. Ours will be to ensure we play to our strengths and execute the things we spoke about in the week effectively."

Emirates Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal (captain), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Sti Sithole. Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Nico Steyn / Ginter Smuts, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Tiaan Swanepoel.