Sean Dougall To Start

Niall Ronan has been ruled out of today’s Heineken Cup clash v Gloucester with his place going to Sean Dougall who comes straight in to the starting XV.

Ronan who sprained an ankle on Thursday at training has not come through today's fitness test and will take no part in tonight's game in Thomond Park.

Dougall who travelled to Nottingham with the Munster A squad as the starting 7 was moved to the replacements yesterday evening as a precaution and took no part in the 80 minutes. He will now join Donnacha Ryan and Peter O'Mahony in the back-row.

Munster: Felix Jones; Keith Earls, Casey Laulala, James Downey, Johne Murphy; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Damien Varley, BJ Botha; Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connel; Donnacha Ryan, Sean Dougall, Peter O’Mahony Capt. Replacements: Mike Sherry, James Cronin, Stephen Archer, James Coughlan, CJ Stander, Cathal Sheridan, JJ Hanrahan, Denis Hurley.