Alan Quinlan returns to a Munster squad for the first time since he sustained a knee injury in the Heineken Cup game against Sale Sharks in Edgeley Park last October. And with Frank Roche, Tony Buckley, Federico Pucciariello, Marcus Horan and Jerry Flannery not available coach Declan Kidney has called up Damien Varley (Garryowen) and Tim Ryan (UCC) for Friday's game against Ospreys.

Munster: S Payne, C Cullen, I Dowling, A Horgan, G Connolly, T Halstead, M Lawlor, J Manning, R O'Gara, T O'Leary, M Prendergast, J Hayes, E McGovern, T Ryan, D Fogarty, D Varley, M O'Driscoll, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell, S Keogh, J O'Sullivan, D Leamy, A Quinlan, A Foley.