Munster coach Tony McGahan has named his side to face Leinster in tomorrow’s Magners League Grand Final at Thomond Park Stadium, kick-off 5.05pm.

EOIN REDDAN couldn’t have dared dream of days like tomorrow when he was growing up.

LEO CULLEN knows just how difficult it can be to play back-to-back finals over successive weekends but the Leinster captain is hoping lessons from his past can stand to the province in this Saturday’s Magners League Grand Final.

Leinster’s back row lynchpin Sean O'Brien has been named as the ERC European Player of the Year for 2011.

LEINSTER returned to training yesterday sporting all manner of bumps and bruises but the expectation is that none of last weekend’s squad will be on sick leave when the European champions face Munster in the Magners League Grand final on Saturday.

WITH a Heineken Cup medal in his back pocket, a Magners League Grand final against his native province to come and the likelihood of a starting spot in the World Cup, things couldn’t be a whole better right now for Mike Ross.

THE Magners League Grand Final between Munster and Leinster is a sellout.

Tickets for next Saturday’s Magners League Grand Final between Leinster and Munster at Thomond Park (kick off 5.05pm) will go on public sale at 2pm today.

A MUNSTER fan will become the 1,000,000th visitor to go to a Magners League game this season when Munster take on Leinster in the Grand Final at Thomond Park next week.

MUNSTER’S backroom reshuffle for next season continued yesterday with the appointment of Ian Costello as both skills and A team coach.

LEINSTER face an anxious 48 hours waiting on the medical fallout from a bruising Magners League semi-final win over Ulster in Dublin that saw Brian O’Driscoll hobble out of action at half-time.

THE silver trophy is in the shape of rugby ball, but, contrary to the instincts of a scrum-half, this was one oval sphere Conor Murray was not keen to let go of.

MUNSTER captain Paul O’Connell believes Leinster have the quality his province must aspire to if they are to emerge from the doldrums and reclaim their place among Europe’s best.

Cardiff Blues 15 Munster 16

“A bloody focus” is the phrase Leinster forwards coach Jono Gibbes uses to describe what his pack need to counter the threat that comes from the Ospreys scrum on Friday.

NEW Leinster coach Joe Schmidt won’t need reminding there is some truth in Mick Dawson’s description of next season’s Heineken Cup draw.

TOMMY BOWE reckons Ireland must aim for southern hemisphere glory this month to prove their 2011 World Cup credentials.

NOW that the silverware has been distributed for a variety of tournaments all over Europe a period of quiet reflection and planning will commence for next season.

Ireland have been dealt another injury blow ahead of their tour of New Zealand and Australia after Leinster flanker Kevin McLaughlin became the third player to withdraw from the party last night.

IT was billed as the dream send-off for Leinster coach Michael Cheika but the inspired Ospreys danced all over the script in this inaugural Magners League Grand final at the RDS on Saturday.

Ireland have been dealt another injury blow ahead of their tour of New Zealand and Australia after Leinster flanker Kevin McLaughlin became the third player to withdraw from the party.

The Ospreys go with the same side that got them through the semi-final for Saturday's Magners League Grand Final against Leinster in Dublin.

SEAN HOLLEY has fired a warning to Leinster fly-half Jonathan Sexton by claiming Dan Biggar is in the form of his life.

English referee Chris White has been appointed to referee the inaugural Magners League Grand Final between Leinster and Ospreys at The RDS next Saturday.

MAGNERS LEAGUE: English referee Chris White will take charge of the Magners League Grand Final between Leinster and Ospreys on Saturday week (6.30pm).

TOMMY Bowe wrapped up a remarkable double after scooping the Player of the Year award in Wales.

Ospreys 20 Glasgow 5

Ospreys 20 Glasgow 5

AND then there were 12 – finally.