Anthony Horgan and Frankie Sheahan will make their final appearance on the night Munster will be presented with the Magner's League trophy at the end of their final match of the season against The Ospreys at Thomond Park on Friday night.

ROB KEARNEY makes a timely comeback from illness for Saturday’s Magners League clash against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade (5.30pm), but will be under pressure to produce a top-class display to win his place in the Leinster Heineken Cup final team.

Paul O'Connell will lead Munster into the final game of the season in the Magners League clash with The Ospreys on Friday night in Thomond Park, after which they will receive the trophy that marks them out as champions.

INCOMING Toulon head coach Philippe Saint André believes new recruit Timmy Ryan could be playing for Ireland within the next few years.

MUNSTER failed to shrug offtheir Heineken Cup hangoverafter crashing to defeat at Cardiff Blues.

Munster will be without captain Paul O'Connell for the penultimate Manger's League match of the season due to a back problem.

WHEN we’re bad, we know how bad we can be.

IAN DOWLING is expected to take up his normal position on Munster “s left wing in tomorrow’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Leinster at Croke Park.

Munster 25 Connacht 10

Peter Stringer has been named ahead of his Ireland scrum-half rival Tomas O'Leary in the Munster side to visit Glasgow tomorrow in the Magners League.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has made four changes - one positional - for tomorrow's Magners League clash with the Dragons in Rodney Parade.

Peter Stringer and Mick O'Driscoll have both been included in the squad for Munster's Magners league clash with Newport Dragons on Saturday.

Munster 28 Edinburgh 14

Ireland internationals Keith Earls, Peter Stringer and Denis Leamy will turn out for Munster against Edinburgh in the Magner's League this Saturday evening at Musgrave Park (7.30pm).

JERRY FLANNERY would like no better way to repay Munster’s famed rugby fans than by securing a home quarter-final in the Heineken Cup.

LEINSTER have been dealt a severe Heineken Cup blow with the news that international flanker Shane Jennings has been suspended until January 27.

THREE provincial players have been cited for foul play in their respective Magners League games over the weekend.

Munster 11 Ulster 37

CORK Constitution are ideally poised to bridge a 20-year gap when they take on Old Crescent in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Clifford Park on Sunday (kick-off 2pm).

THERE was a time not so very long ago when post-Christmas games between the sides and played west of the Shannon Connacht and Munster were decided by a single penalty goal.

Munster will travel to Clermont-Auvergne in the Heineken Cup on Sunday without the considerable experience of Jerry Flannery, Denis Leamy and Rua Tipoki.

BETTER than winning the Heineken Cup, better than playing for Italy, better than playing for the Barbarians and beating the world champions.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named a less than full-strength 23-man strong squad of players to take on New Zealand at Thomond Park next Tuesday.

Munster coach Tony McGahan this evening named a 27-strong squad for Saturday's Magners League clash with Ulster at Ravenhill.

JOHN HAYES returns after illness to the Munster team for his first Magners League game this season against bogey team Cardiff at Musgrave Park tonight (7.30pm).

Munster have been hit by the defection of tight-head prop John Hayes ahead of their Magner's League opener at Edinburgh on Friday.

Coach Tony McGahan will start Doug Howlett at full-back against London Irish at a sold-out Musgrave Park, kick-off at 7.30pm on Friday night.

Veteran lock Mick O'Driscoll will captain Munster in their seasonal opener against US Eagles in Hartford on Saturday (8pm Irish time).

AT least the smile has returned to the face of Irish rugby following Munster’s epic win over Toulouse on Saturday; now it’s up the national team to make it even broader over the next three weeks and restore the pride and passion to the Ireland shirt, starting tonight against the Barbarians in Gloucester’s Kingsholm ground.

Anthony Foley will captain Munster in his farewell match against Glasgow in the final Magners League game of the season at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

Legendary number eight Anthony Foley will break through the 200-cap barrier for Munster at Ulster in the Magner's League at Ravenhill tomorrow.

Prop Marcus Horan and scrum-half Tomas O’Leary have both been passed fit to play for Munster against Saracens in the Heineken Cup semi-final at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Sunday.

RONAN O’GARA is being wrapped in cotton wool for tomorrow week’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Saracens and misses tonight’s Magners League clash with Ospreys at Musgrave Park.

Munster coach Declan Kidney has made 12 changes for the Magners League clash with Ospreys at Musgrave Park tomorrow (kick off: 7.30pm).

Munster coach Declan Kidney has opted to field a largely second-string side against the Ospreys in the Magners League at Musgrave Park tomorrow evening.

Coach Declan Kidney has left Ronan O'Gara out of the Munster squad for Saturday's Magners League clash with Ospreys (Musgrave Park 7.30pm).

Declan Kidney has included all 15 players that started last Saturday in his Magners League squad to tackle Leinster at The RDS this Saturday evening.

Gloucester 3 Munster 16

Munster coach Declan Kidney pulled no surprises in the 27-strong squad named for the Heineken Cup quarter final joust with Gloucester at Kingsholm on Saturday.

Munster coach Declan Kidney has named a have a 27-man squad for the crucial Heineken Cup match against London Wasps at Thomond Park on Saturday.

Declan Kidney has included Ireland internationals Paul O'Connell and Alan Quinlan and All Black Doug Howlett in an extended Munster 26-man squad ahead of Sunday's Heineken Cup Round 5 match against Clermont Auvergne in France.

ALAN QUINLAN could make dramatic return for Munster in the province’s penultimate Heineken Cup pool game against Clermont Auvergne on Sunday week.

Munster 17 Connacht 0

MUNSTER, London Wasps and Perpignan could all be without key front-row forwards when the Heineken Cup resumes on the second weekend in January.