Munster call O’Gara for Connacht clash

RONAN O’GARA is the only one of Munster’s senior internationals included in the squad of 27 announced yesterday ahead of Saturday’s Magners League game against Connacht at Thomond Park (7.30pm).

All the others, skipper Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan (who marries Jennifer Harte in Cork today), David Wallace, Denis Leamy, John Hayes, Tomás O’Leary and Keith Earls, are rested, while Jerry Flannery and Marcus Horan are among those unavailable because of injury/illness.

However, the good news is both men are expected to be available for the Heineken Cup game against Treviso in mid-January. Horan, has resumed full training and is making rapid progress towards full fitness.

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