Also included in the 28 strong squad are their fellow internationals David Wallace and Marcus Horan along with Ian Dowling and Keith Earls who sat out the game against Ulster and Anthony Horgan whose last start was against Ulster in Ravenhill an the end of October.

The session today in Limerick fell foul of the weather with the squad forced to abandon their original venue - Garryowen RFC - because the pitch was frozen, for the all-weather facility in Ardnacrusha.

Absent from training were Horan, Earls, Niall Ronan, Mick O'Driscoll andTony Buckley who are  all suffering from a stomach bug

Munster: D Hurley, D Howlett, K Earls, I Dowling, A Horgan, K Lewis, L Mafi, B Murphy, T O'Leary, D Williams, P Stringer, M Prendergast, J Manning, P Warwick, M Horan, F Pucciariello, J Hayes, T Ryan, J Flannery, D Fogarty, P O'Connell, M O'Driscoll, D O'Callaghan, A Quinlan, D Ryan, N Ronan, D Wallace, D Leamy.