The game itself is expected to go ahead despite the current cold snap with Musgrave Park Facility Manager Ian Dunne confident that the hard work being put in by ground staff will prove successful in producing a playable surface for Sunday.

Munster: P Warwick; D Howlett, K Earls, J de Villiers, D Hurley; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; W du Preez, D Fogarty, T Buckley; D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell capt; A Quinlan, N Ronan, D Wallace. Replacements: D Varley, S Archer, D Ryan, J Coughlan, PStringer, L Mafi, I Dowling