MUNSTER Rugby chiefs are ‘extremely disappointed’ at the scheduling of their crucial Heineken Cup Pool One game against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park for Friday, January 22 (8pm).

SALE SHARKS will enter a Heineken Cup cauldron today without two of their main ingredients — England World Cup stars Mathew Tait and Andrew Sheridan.

Ireland and Munster hooker Jerry Flannery's participation in the Six Nations and Munster's final Pool match in the Heineken Cup is in serious jeopardy as he has been cited for an alleged stamp on the head of Julien Bonnaire.