Horgan in Munster squad

MUNSTER coach Alan Gaffney yesterday announced a 25 strong Munster squad from which the team to play Benetton Treviso in the Heineken European Cup at Thomond Park on Saturday will be picked tomorrow.

It includes Anthony Horgan, who missed last week’s win over Bourgoin because of a hamstring strain. It’s unlikely Gaffney will risk him but it is encouraging Horgan is so close to fitness once again. Mossy Lawlor and Rob Henderson, both replacements against Bourgoin, are in the squad and clearly close to starting places. The main decisions concern the full-back and first centre positions; the pack, which performed so well last week, should certainly be retained. Treviso, who arrive in Limerick this evening, also have a big pack Gaffney sees them as “a mauling” side although they will get the ball wide from time to time.

“They’ve got Franco Smith, a South African international who has played for the Blue Bulls in the Super 12s at out-half. I also know Brendan Williams who played for Randwick in Sydney. We used to call him the Little Dingo. He’s a nippy little fellow. He used to claim to be Jimmy Williams’s brother.