O'Connell was a late cry-off  from the Munster side that played Ospreys last weekend while Leamy, Wallace and Flannery all recovered from knocks picked up during the recent international series.

The squad also includes Darragh Hurley who returns from injury and although he only played a small part, Marcus Horan was togged and running with the squad.

Munster Squad: Wian Du Preez, Darragh Hurley, Tony Buckley,  John Hayes, Denis Fogarty,  Damien Varley, Jerry Flannery, Donncha O'Callaghan, Donnacha Ryan,  Paul O'Connell,  Mick O'Driscoll,   Alan Quinlan,  Niall Ronan, David Wallace, Denis Leamy, James Coughlan, Peter Stringer, Tomas O'Leary,  Ronan O'Gara,  Paul Warwick,  Lifeimi Mafi,  Jean De Villiers,  Keith Earls,  Ian Dowling,   Doug Howlett,  Denis Hurley, Felix Jones