Notable absentees for the Munster squad are Alan Quinlan, Denis Leamy, and Mike Prendergast. Prendergast and Leamy are both suffering from cruciate ligament injuries while Quinlan damaged his shoulder in the RWC game against Argentina. Leamy suffered his injury last Friday night in the Celtic League game against Edinburgh. Munster's first home game in the Heineken Cup is against Benetton Treviso in Thomond Park on Saturday December 13th at 5 p.m.

1 Christian Cullen 2 Anthony Horgan 3 Mike Mullins 4 Dominic Crotty 5 Jason Holland 6 John Kelly 7 Ronan OGara 8 Peter Stringer 9 Shaun Payne 10 Jason Jones Hughes 11 Rob Henderson 12 Mossy Lawler 13 Jeremy Staunton 14 Eoin Reddan 15 Frank Murphy 16 Anthony Foley 17 David Wallace 18 Jim Williams 19 Paul OConnell 20 Donnacha OCallaghan 21 John Hayes 22 Frank Sheahan 23 Marcus Horan 24 Stephen Keogh 25 Colm McMahon 26 Eddie Halvey 27 David Pusey 28 Gordan McIlwham 29 James Blaney 30 Simon Kerr 31 Martin Cahill 32 Eugene McGovern 33 Jerry Flannery 34 Frank Roche