Munster at full strength for Castres
Coach Declan Kidney had expressed the hope that victory over Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Saturday would have a positive effect and hopefully help the players "to shake off their knocks and bruises earlier than might otherwise have been the case had the result gone against them".
For once luck appears to have been on his side after John Hayes (ankle), Marcus Horan (facial infection), Jerry Flannery (sciatica), Mick O'Driscoll (back) and John Kelly (hand) were given the all-clear yesterday.