Munster will field their strongest side of the season for the visit of Aironi when the RaboDirect PRO12 resumes tomorrow night in Musgrave Park (8.30pm).

MUNSTER training might have had a stellar appearance to it yesterday but look a little closer and the creases on coach Tony McGahan’s furrowed brow were all too evident.

MICHAEL BRADLEY must wish his Edinburgh side play Irish opposition every weekend after steering his charges to victory in Murrayfield last night and ending Munster’s record winning run.

Following Saturday’s 15-10 victory over the Scarlets in Llanelli, the Leinster management report no major fresh injury concerns aside from the usual bumps and bruises ahead of the visit of Aironi to the RDS on Saturday (6.30pm).

TONY McGAHAN has made 14 changes to the Munster team for this evening’s Magners League clash with the Ospreys.

LEINSTER coach Joe Schmidt admitted that, with the Heineken Cup semi-final 10 days away, he is prepared to gamble with his team selection for Saturday’s Magners League trip away to Aironi.

CONNACHT climbed into eighth place in the Magners League table after securing a third successive win at the Galway Sportsground last night.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named his side for Sunday’s Magners League match away to Aironi at the Stadio Zaffanella, kick-off 2.00pm.

MUNSTER manager Shaun Payne last night described the clubs as the “lifeblood” of the game in the province in the wake of criticism of the provincial set-up by officials at grassroots level.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin hailed his team’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup as a “fantastic achievement” after this afternoon’s 43-6 victory at Aironi.

Ulster will be without captain Rory Best and former Springbok tight-head BJ Botha for tomorrow's seismic Heineken Cup game against Aironi, kick-off 2.30pm.

JOB done. Well, more or less.

Ulster 9 Biarritz 6

BRIAN McLAUGHLIN did his best yesterday to dance around the importance of this coming week for Ulster.

MUNSTER skipper Paul O’Connell received bad news yesterday, as a European Rugby Cup (ERC) appeals committee decided a four-week ban was just reward for the red card he sustained in the Heineken Cup win over the Ospreys earlier this month.

RUGBY fans eager to finalise travel arrangements for rounds five and six of the Heineken Cup next month should be put out of their misery later today.

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named an extended squad ahead of his side's Magners League clash with Edinburgh at Ravenhill on Friday night (KO 8.05pm).

Ulster will have to survive without Rory Best and Stephen Ferris for their first away date in the Magners League at Aironi in Italy this weekend.