Scarlets fire ‘double’ warning

TOP Munster players, captain Paul O’Connell, Peter Stringer, David Wallace, Shaun Payne and Alan Quinlan are all ruled out of Saturday’s Magner’s League clash with Llanelli at Musgrave Park (7.30).

But coach Declan Kidney still has a pretty strong squad, with Ronan O’Gara, John Hayes, Jerry Flannery, Mick O’Driscoll, John Kelly and Trevor Halstead all available as Munster strive to gain small consolation for the recent Heineken Cup defeat.

Meanwhile, Eoghan Hickey is moving on after playing with the province for a year. He has signed a two year contract with London Irish.