Senior flanker Sean Dougall returns to active service with Munster’s A’s tonight facing Nottingham as Mick O’Driscoll’s men look to bounce back from last week’s defeat by Worcester.

Finbar Galvin Motors has unveiled its latest signing: Munster rugby star Sean Dougall, who has been announced as SEAT brand ambassador.

Munster 14 Ospreys 19

Emerging Ireland 31 Romania 10

Ireland won their first IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest tonight but only after a dogged fight from a gritty Romanian side.

After the injury fall-out from a midweek victory over Uruguay, Neil Doak is expecting an even more intense physical challenge from Romania in tomorrow’s IRB Nations Cup decider.

Emerging Ireland 51 Uruguay 3

Emerging Ireland 51 Uruguay 3

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Glasgow 16 Munster 15

Munster 17 Ulster 19

Toulon 24 Munster 16

Munster head coach Rob Penney has demanded his players not fall into the same trap Leinster did when they were dominated by Toulon as they prepare to stop the Heineken Cup champions in their tracks in tomorrow’s semi-final showdown in Marseille.

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Munster 5 Glasgow Warriors 22

James Coughlan will captain Munster in the absence of Peter O'Mahony who has been ruled out for the rest of the season following reconstructive shoulder surgery earlier this week.

Ospreys 11 Munster 25

Ospreys 11 Munster 25

Despite the gale-force winds that lashed the Irish coast and wreaked havoc for the aviation industry, flight FR 1548 from Perpignan to Shannon last Saturday night was a great place to be.

Munster 36 Perpignan 8

Munster moved to the top of Heineken Cup Pool 6 as they swept past a weakened Perpignan team 36-8 at Thomond Park today.

It was long past his normal bedtime when Sean Dougall got to sleep in the early hours of Saturday morning. However, the disruption didn’t prevent him from producing an outstanding performance that led to him being hailed as the unsung hero of Munster’s Heineken Cup victory over Gloucester.

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Munster 30 Edinburgh 3

The British Government has said it strongly objects to the death penalty imposed today on a British woman who trafficked drugs into Indonesia.

A British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.

Signed by an outgoing coach, Munster new boy Sean Dougall had more than most to prove to incoming boss Rob Penney when the New Zealanader succeeded Tony McGahan this summer.

Munster’s impressive away B&I Cup victory over Rotherham Titans will mean nothing unless there is a performance of even higher quality at Musgrave Park this evening (6.30pm), according to Mike Prendergast.

Head coach Rob Penney is intent on ensuring the 20 infringements for which Munster were pinged in the first of their back-to-back Heineken Cup games against Saracens will not be repeated when the sides meet again in Watford on Sunday next.

Back row trio Niall Ronan, Sean Dougall and Barry O'Mahony will make their return to full training with the Munster squad this week with all three expected to be in consideration for Sunday’s crucial Heineken Cup meeting against Saracens.

With the autumn international series taking centre stage for the next three weeks Munster players have been afforded the week off but James Coughlan, Sean Dougall and Niall Ronan are facing into a week of rehabilitation.

Cardiff Blues 18 Munster 24

Munster’s youngsters continue to impress Rob Penney as the evolution of the two-time Heineken Cup champions continues.

Munster 33 Edinburgh 0

Ian Keatley is under no illusions of the task ahead in his first Heineken Cup start at out-half in Thomond Park tomorrow afternoon.

Munster's summer signing Seán Dougall is excited about experiencing the famous Thomond Park atmosphere when they welcome Heineken Cup rivals Edinburgh to Limerick on Sunday.

Racing Metro 22 Munster 17

Sean Dougall has braced himself for a huge battle to make the Munster team this year.

Munster will reunite Peter Stringer and Ronan O’Gara at half-back for the first time in 19 months as head coach Rob Penney shuffles his deck for tomorrow night’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at Thomond Park (8pm).

Peter stringer and Ronan O’Gara will form a familiar halfback partnership for Munster’s RaboDirect PRO12 meeting with the Dragons in Thomond Park on Saturday (8pm).

Ulster 20 Munster 19

Ulster 20 Munster 19

Munster’s new openside flanker Sean Dougall is hopeful he and his teammates can push on from the impressive victory over Edinburgh on the first day of the season, when they face Treviso in Thomond Park on Friday (8pm).

Donncha O'Callaghan and Mike Sherry have been named in Rob Penney’s first competitive 23 man squad for the visit to Murrayfield to take on Edinburgh in the RaboDirect PRO12 on Saturday (8pm).