De Villiers returns to centre stage

LIFEIMI MAFI relegated to make way for a centre alignment of Jean de Villiers and Keith Earls while David Wallace switches to number eight… those are the major talking points in the Munster team to play the Llanelli Scarlets at Musgrave Park tomorrow.

Although there is absolutely no sign of an easing-off in the weather, hopes are still high that the game can go ahead. Munster are especially anxious for the game to go ahead because the first XV need some competitive action before the resumption of the Heineken Cup while a postponement would almost certainly see the match rescheduled for a week during the Six Nations Championship when all the senior internationals would be missing.