Rua Tipoki and Ian Dowling will to travel for Munster's Heineken Cup clash with Sale Sharks in Edgeley Park on Sunday.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has chosen Peter Stringer and Alan Quinlan for the opening Heineken Cup game against French side Montauban in Thomond Park on Friday evening (8pm).

Munster will begin their quest to retain the Heineken Cup at home to Montauban at Thomond Park on Saturday.

MOTIVATION won’t be lacking when Munster clash with Glasgow Warriors on Saturday night (7pm) in a Magners League clash that marks the re-opening of Thomond Park.

Tony McGahan makes several changes to his Munster squad with six for the Magner's League match against Glasgow Warriors at newly developed Thomond Park next Saturday.

Keith Earls will start at full-back for Munster against Leinster in the biggest challenge of his fledgling career for Sunday's Magners League clash with Leinster at The RDS on Sunday.

Coach Tony McGahan has made six changes to the Munster squad for Sunday's Magners League clash with Leinster at The RDS.

Veterans Alan Quinlan and John Hayes return to competitive action for Munster for the first time this season for Saturday's Magners League game against the Cardiff Blues at Musgrave Park.

Alan Quinlan returns to competitive action this weekend having been named in the Munster squad for the Magners League game against Cardiff Blues in Musgrave Park on Saturday.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has announced Paul O'Connell will lead his strongest possible side for the Magners League opener against Edinburgh in Murrayfield on Friday.

Munster has announced its team to face Edinburgh in Friday's Magners League opener at Murrayfield (kicks off at 7.30pm).

IN what is Munster’s first home game since winning the Heineken Cup in May, Tony McGahan has kept faith with 11 of the side that started in last weekend’s impressive 46-22 win over the USA Eagles for tonight’s sell-out friendly with London Irish at Musgrave Park (7.30pm).

FAR from a classic, but the game was laced with some magnificent rugby and, in the end, few Toulouse supporters could argue that their side deserved to depart from the Millennium Stadium with a fourth Heineken Cup.

Tomas O'Leary has held off the considerable claims of Peter Stringer to start beside Ronan O'Gara at half-back in the Munster side to play Toulouse in the Heineken Cup final at The Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Anthony Foley will captain the Munster team to face Glasgow Warriors in what will be his final appearance for the side in Ireland.

TWO valued members of Munster’s extended Heineken Cup squad will miss the May 24 final at the Millennium Stadium because of injury.

Barry Murphy is the only member of the Heineken Cup semi-final match day squad excluded from the Munster squad for the Magners League trip to Llanelli Scarlets on Saturday.

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 will lead Munster against Leinster in the Magners League clash at The RDS (6.30pm) as Paul O'Connell has been demoted to the bench.

Declan Kidney has made the stunning decision to drop Peter Stringer in favour of Tomas O'Leary for Munster's Heineken Cup quarter-final at Kingsholm tomorrow.

WELSH referee Nigel Owens will handle Munster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Gloucester in 15 days’ time (ko 5.30pm).

Denis Leamy and David Wallace have been omitted from an extended Munster squad for their Magner's League clash with Ulster at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

IAN DOWLING, out of action since late December, returns for Munster’s crucial Magners League clash with Edinburgh at Murrayfield tonight (7.30) in a make-or-break game for both sides.

Paul O'Connell has been held in reserve as one of seven replacement on the Munster side to play Edinburgh at Murrayfield in the Magner's League on Friday night.

PAUL O’CONNELL is hoping for game time in Munster’s crucial Magners League game away to Edinburgh (Murrayfield, 7.30pm).

Paul O'Connell has been listed in the full Munster squad for the Magners League game against Edinburgh on Friday (7.30pm).

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

Anthony Foley will make a dramatic return to the Munster side for Saturday's round three Heineken Cup clash with Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park

Kieran Lewis will start for Munster against his former team-mates at Leinster in Friday's Magners League game at Musgrave Park (7.30pm).

Centre Barry Murphy has been included in the initial 25-man Munster squad for the first this season at home to Leinster in the Magners League on Friday.

Munster coach Declan Kidney has made nine changes to his side for tomorrow evening's Magners League clash with Newport-Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park.

FIVE tries, four of them deliciously created, produced the all-important bonus point for Munster in the somewhat surreal surroundings of Thomond Park yesterday.

Ian Dowling will come in for Anthony Horgan as the only frontline change for Munster at home to Clermont-Auvergne in the Heineken Cup at Thomond Park on Sunday.

Captain Paul O'Connell is still not fit enough to join a 26-strong Munster squad for the weekend Heineken Cup clash with Clermont Auvergne.

Full back Shaun Payne, wing Anthony Horgan, centre Rua Tipoki and prop Marcus Horan return to Munster's starting line-up for their Saturday's opening Heineken Cup game against London Wasps in Coventry's Ricoh Arena , kick-off at 5.30pm.

Ronan O'Gara will captain Munster in their opening Heineken Cup match against London Wasps on Saturday.

MUNSTER captain Paul O’Connell will be pushed to make the opening Heineken Cup fixture against Wasps next week as he struggles with a disc injury in his back.

MUNSTER rugby chiefs have released 250 additional ten-year-tickets for their new ground in Limerick.

RTÉ could win back the rights to broadcast live Heineken Cup matches when the television contracts come up for negotiation in 2010, according to European Rugby Cup (ERC) chief Derek McGrath.

Ireland out-half Ronan O'Gara and second row Paul O'Connell have been named in Munster's 27-strong squad for the Magner's League game against Edinburgh in Cork on Saturday.

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Ireland World Cup players John Hayes, Donncha O'Callaghan and David Wallace will start with Jerry Flannery, Marcus Horan and Denis Leamy on the bench for Munster's Magner's League trip to Glasgow.

Paul O'Connell has bowed out of the Munster squad this week to a back strain and Ronan O'Gara to a knee problem.

IRISH internationals Paul O’Connell and Ronan O’Gara have been omitted from the 26-man Munster squad for Friday’s Magners League game away to Glasgow (Firhill, 7.30pm).