Munster to miss injured star duo

IRISH internationals Paul O’Connell and Ronan O’Gara have been omitted from the 26-man Munster squad for Friday’s Magners League game away to Glasgow (Firhill, 7.30pm).

O’Connell suffered a back strain in training while O’Gara is troubled by a knee injury. John Hayes, Marcus Horan, Jerry Flannery, Donncha O’Callaghan, Denis Leamy and David Wallace make their first squad this season while Barry Murphy and Anthony Horgan return from injury.

MUNSTER: J Hayes, F Pucciariello, M Horan, T Buckley, F Sheahan, J Flannery, M O’Driscoll, D O’Callaghan, M Melbourne, D Leamy, J Coughlan, A Foley, D Wallace, A Quinlan. P Stringer, T O’Leary, P Warwick, J Manning, L Mafi, R Tipoki, K Lewis, B Murphy, A Horgan, B Carney, I Dowling, S Payne.