Included in the squad are Mick O Driscoll who has returned from Perpignan and newcomers Kerryman John O Sullivan and Tony Buckley both of whom played with Connacht last season.

Other new additions to the Munster squad for this game are Brian Madigan, Ian Dowling and Ben Martin and Munster Academy player number 8 Frank Cogan while Mossie Lawlor makes a welcome return from an injury that forced him to miss most of last season.

Forwards

Frank Roche

Jerry Flannery

Tony Buckley

Denis Fogarty

Eugene McGovern

Donnacha Ryan

Brian Madigan

Mick O Driscoll

John O Sullivan

Johnny O Connor

Stephen Keogh

Frank Cogan

Anthony Foley

Backs

Ben Martin

Barry Murphy

Paul Devlin

Mike Mullins

Rob Henderson

Ian Dowling

Mossie Lawlor

Jeremy Manning

Paul Burke

Frank Murphy

Mike Prendergast