Ireland’s Keith Earls will start for Munster against London Irish in the Heineken Cup at Wembley on Saturday evening (5.45pm).

LONDON IRISH head coach Toby Booth will be dealing with a virtually full deck when he selects his matchday squad to face Munster on Saturday in their Heineken Cup opener in Reading.

IT may sound strange in a week bookended by games against Munster and Clermont Auvergne, but London Irish have been dominating Shane Jennings’s thoughts of late.

DANNY Cipriani has withdrawn from the England Saxons squad ahead of Sunday’s game against Ireland A after suffering a family bereavement.

Bath lock Danny Grewcock has been suspended for seven weeks after being found guilty of stamping on Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris in last weekend’s Heineken Cup game, the ERC have announced.

London Irish defence coach Dave Ellis has extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2010/11 season.

London Irish’s Chris Hala’ufia has been banned for four weeks for striking Leinster captain Leo Cullen in their Heineken Cup game last Saturday, the ERC announced today.

CARL LEWIS once said that life was all about timing and a man whose day job was all about shaving milliseconds should know.

Scarlets 31 London Irish 22

London Irish 25 Scarlets 27

IT was what Leinster feared all week long, being the hunted rather than the hunter. So a stirring triumph over old rivals Munster in the dress rehearsal for this opening game in their defence of the Heineken Cup meant absolutely nothing; the champions fell victim to a sucker punch in the dying stages of a vigorously contested but disappointing match at the RDS last night.

London Irish coach Toby Booth has rotated his entire front row for three of the five changes he has made for tomorrow’s opening Heineken Cup fixture with Leinster in Dublin.

Captain Bob Casey will travel, but not play, with the London Irish squad to play Leinster at Donnybrook on Friday.

London Irish have made one change from last weekend bringing in hooker James Buckland for a crucial European Challenge Cup round two fixture with Connacht Rugby at The Sportsground on Friday evening at 7pm.

There was no dream return to London Irish for England’s Peter Richards as Harlequins, his former club, recorded their second win over the Exiles this season with a narrow EDF Energy Cup victory.

Three players with Guinness Premiership clubs have been cited for alleged dangerous tackles during league games last weekend.