Wallace missed Munster's last game against Ulster because of a leg injury picked up in the final RBS Six Nations game against England while Dowling was forced to withdraw from the starting XV in the run up to that Ulster game because of a stomach bug.

The others who missed out last day because ofinjury, Denis Leamy and Rua Tipoki are both named on a nine strong bench with a decision on their participation postponed until the morning and a vacancy left in the centre pending that decision.

Munster: D Hurley; D Howlett, L Mafi, AN Other, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; T Buckley, J Flannery, J Hayes; D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll; A Quinlan, D Wallace, A Foley capt. Replacements: F Sheahan, M Horan, P O'Connell, D Ryan/D Leamy, T O'leary, R O'Gara, K Lewis/R Tipoki.