3 Sep, 07:01
The preparations been done, the phony war games against Leicester Tigers and Gloucester dispensed with and tomorrow the business end of the season begins with the visit to Musgrave Park of new Italian side Aironi Rugby.
The Editor

Donnacha Ryan will take O'Connell's place alongside Donncha O'Callaghan with O'Driscoll on the bench and the side will now be led by Ronan O'Gara.
O'Connell is expected to be fully recovered in time for the game next week against Perpignan.
Munster: P Warwick; D Howlett, J de Villiers, L Mafi, K Earls; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; W du Preez, D Fogarty, J Hayes; D O'Callaghan, D Ryan; A Quinlan, N Ronan, J Coughlan. Replacements: D Varley, T Buckley, M O'Driscoll, N Williams, P Stringer, I Dowling, D Hurley.
Ospreys: G Owen; T Bowe, S Parker, A Bishop, N Walker; D Biggar, L Davies; D Jones, R Hibbard, C Mitchell; A-Wyn Jones, J Thomas; J Collins, M Holah, F Tiatia. Replacements: H Bennett, P James, C Griffiths, A Lloyd, B Lewis, R Webb, J Hook.
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