Meanwhile a decision on whether or not Munster will appeal the six week suspension handed to their flanked Alan Quinlan is likely to be made tomorrow evening. Munster today received the written judgement from ERC and are considering their options. They have 72 hours from the time of receipt of that judgement to decide whether or not to appeal.

Declan Kidney has named a 26 strong squad for the Magners League clash with Leinster.

Munster: John Hayes, F ederico Pucciariello, Darragh Hurley, Tony Buckley, Andy Kyriacou, Frank Sheahan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Chris Wyatt, Donnacha Ryan, David Wallace, Denis Leamy, John O'Sullivan, James Coughlan, Tim McGann.

Peter Stringer, Tomas O'Leary, Ronan O'Gara, Jeremy Manning, Lifeimi Mafi, Trevor Halstead, Barry Murphy, John Kelly, Ian Dowling, Christian Cullen, Shaun Payne.