Ireland international John Kelly will make his first start since October when he lines out for Munster against Glasgow on Sunday.

Denis Leamy has won the Guinness Draught Can Celtic League Player of the Month award after two outstanding performances in the 3-0 win over Connacht and the 13-9 win against The Ospreys.

MUNSTER and Leinster are set to field their strongest possible sides for Saturday’s Celtic League clash at Musgrave Park.

Connacht 0 Munster 3

ON this very day twelve months ago, Munster and Connacht clashed in Athlone in what is now regarded as one of Celtic League’s worst ever games.

SQUAD rotation is the name of the game where the Munster team to face Connacht in the Celtic League at the Galway Sportsground on Monday (kick-off 2pm) is concerned.

Ireland's Ronan O'Gara will take over the captaincy from the absent Anthony Foley as Munster bid to close the gap on leaders The Ospreys at Musgrave Park on Saturday evening (8.05pm).

Munster coach Alan Gaffney has chosen to list a 26-man squad for the top-of-the-table clash with Neath-Swansea Ospreys at Musgrave Park on Saturday evening.

Munster have delayed the announcement of their team to meet Castres at Thomond Park until Friday morning.

MUNSTER go into their third successive day of intensive preparation for Saturday’s crucial Heineken Cup tie against Castres Olympique at Thomond Park with coach Alan Gaffney still none the wiser about the composition of his team.

DAVID WALLACE has been moved to open side flanker for Munster’s Celtic League clash with Newport-Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park tomorrow (8.05).

SHANNON have a long injury list ahead of the AIB League division one top-of-the-table clash with Garryowen at Thomond Park tomorrow.

Coach Alan Gaffney has decided to stick with just four players - namely, Christian Cullen, Shaun Payne, Donncha O'Callaghan and David Wallace - from last Sunday for their Celtic League get-together with Ulster at Ravenhill on Saturday.

MUNSTER last night refuted allegations that prop Marcus Horan racially abused a Neath/Swansea Ospreys player at the Gnoll last weekend.

Club rugby dead? Not so, according to Hugh Farrelly who was amongst the healthy crowd at a lively AIB League derby on Saturday.

PUT any spin you like on this but unless Munster immediately perk up their level of performance by a good 20%, the dream of winning the Heineken European Cup after six years of constant disappointment will end up on the rubbish heap.

DONNCHA O’Callaghan and Shaun Payne are out of the Munster team to meet Harlequins in the opening match of the Heineken European Cup at Thomond Park on Saturday.

ROB HENDERSON, Jim Williams and Paul O’Connell return from injury to face Cardiff Blues at Thomond Park on Saturday (5.15) in a Munster side that shows five changes from the side that started against Glasgow last week.

Anthony Foley has been selected to captain the Munster squad for this season's Heineken Cup campaign.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 34 Munster 17

WALLABY international Tom Bowman is set to sign for Munster today after undergoing a medical.

Newcomers Paul Burke, James Storey and Mike Storey are all likely to make their débuts for Munster in a friendly against London Irish at Thomond Park tomorrow night.

MUNSTER hope to add a new second-row to their squad by the end of this week, to add to the three new signings they have already secured for the coming season.

Edinburgh 31 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 35

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 42 Edinburgh 18

Neath Swansea Ospreys 33 Munster26

NS Ospreys 33 Munster 26

The Neath-Swansea Ospreys team to play Leinster Lions in the Celtic Cup, at Donnybrook, on Friday September19, 2003, with kick off at 7.30pm, will be selected from the following squad:

Neath handed Amatori & Calvisano their first ever win in European rugby with a shocking second-half performance in the Heineken Cup Pool 1 clash at the tiny Centro Sportivo ground.