Munster 19 Aberavon 11

Perhaps the odd Aberavon player looked up last Saturday from the on-field combat in O’Dowd Park and thought he was back in Wales.

Munster A coach Ian Costello has the luxury of being able to name what is arguably his strongest team for today’s British and Irish Cup clash with Aberavon in Tralee (1pm).

AFTER consecutive away victories, Darren Edwards has made four changes for Wales U20’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland at Parc Y Scarlets tonight (7.10 pm).

HAVING defeated Ulster twice this season in the A Interprovincial Championship, Munster will be fancied to complete the hat-trick as they take on the Ravens in the semi-final of the inaugural British & Irish Cup at Thomond Park this afternoon.

Munster A 34 Heriot’s 7

THE Ospreys’ Magners League match against Ulster at Ravenhill next Friday has been postponed at the Welsh side’s request after claiming they do not have sufficient front-row cover to fulfil the fixture.

MUNSTER’s quest to unearth the senior players of the future continues at Musgrave Park tonight (7.30) when the ‘A’ team takes on Scottish side Heriots in their final pool game of the British and Irish Cup.

The inaugural British & Irish Cup will get underway on the weekend of Saturday, November 21.

IRELAND’S U-20’s have lost their most experienced player, Luke Fitzgerald, for tonight’s clash with Wales at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

Leicester prop Colin Noon has been banned for six months after he was found guilty of deliberately stamping on an opposition player’s head.