Mafi On The Bench For Munster

Lifeimi Mafi, recently arrived from Taranaki (New Zealand) has been named on the Munster bench ahead of the Heineken Cup opener with Leicester Tigers on Sunday at Welford Road (3pm).

Lifeimi Mafi, recently arrived from Taranaki (New Zealand) has been named on the Munster bench ahead of the Heineken Cup opener with Leicester Tigers on Sunday at Welford Road (3pm).

Munster: Shaun Payne; John Kelly, Barry Murphy, Trevor Halstead, Ian Dowling; Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Frank Sheahan, John Hayes; Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell capt; Denis Leamy, David Wallace, Anthony Foley

Replacements: Andy Kyriacou, Federico Pucciariello, Mick O’Driscoll, Alan Quinlan, Tomas O’Leary, Jeremy Manning, Lifiemi Mafi.