Munster Lions Return

The Munster squad named today for the Magners League game with Dragons in Cork next Sunday, includes for the first time this season the Munster Lions, Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan, Keith Earls and Ronan O’Gara

In addition there is the prospect that on Sunday supporters may get their first glimpse in a Munster jersey of Springbok centre Jean de Villers who is also included in the 24 strong squad.

The other two besides John Hayes who saw action in South Africa, David Wallace and Jerry Flannery, remain on the injured list as does Peter Stringer (calf strain) and Paul Warwick (foot ligament) while Doug Howlett gets a rest having played three games on the bounce.

Munster Squad (v Dragons): M Horan, J Brugnaut, T Buckley, J Hayes, D Fogarty, D Varley, M O’Driscoll, P O’Connell, D O’Callaghan, D Ryan, A Quinlan, T O’Donnell, D Leamy, N Williams, J Coughlan, T O’Leary, T Morland, R O’Gara, J Manning, L Mafi, J de Villiers, B Murphy, D Hurley, K Earls, F Jones