IRELAND has first call on a number of Munster players in the build up to another key Magners League clash against Ulster at Ravenhill on Saturday.

Ospreys 16 Ulster 20

Munster captain Paul O’Connell has compared taking on Leinster in the Heineken Cup to competing against his own brother when he was growing up in Limerick.

Munster's Ian Dowling will be out of action for six to eight weeks due to a knee injury sustained in the second half of the Magners League game against Connacht last Thursday.

RONAN O’GARA has every reason to remember his last big game for Munster against Cardiff.