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Two USA Eagles players are to start for the Cardiff Blues against Munster on Friday. Cam Dolan will start in the second-row while Blaine Scully will run-on as the starting left winger.
The fixture is to be a rescheduled Guinness Pro 12 match, with the round 12 match having been postponed.
The Californian, Scully will be making his 8th Guinness Pro 12 appearance for the Cardiff Blues this season. Meanwhile Florida’s Dolan will be playing his fourth match in the competition for the Welsh region.
For the Cardiff Blues the home fixture is a must-win match. The Welsh capital’s region enter the fixture in 9th position in the Guinness Pro 12, ahead only of the Newport Gwent Dragons, Zebre and Benetton Treviso.
The visiting Munster are currently in 5th position, presently four competition points outside of the Semi Final zone. Uruguayan Mario Sagario will not feature this weekend for the southern Irish province.
Cardiff Blues
15 Dan Fish, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Blaine Scully, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Josh Turnbull, 4 Cam Dolan, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Matthew Rees (capt.), 1 Brad Thyer
Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Taufa’ao Filise, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Gavin Evans
