Senior worries hit Foley’s A squad

MUNSTER A coach Anthony Foley has been forced to leave a vacancy in his side for tonight’s British and Irish Cup clash with Llanelli in Waterford (7.30pm) as a selection crisis intensified in the province’s Heineken Cup squad.

With Munster not quite sure whether to appeal against a three-week ban on centre Sam Tuitupou in advance of tomorrow’s clash at Thomond Park against Toulon, Foley named only 14 of his starting 15; the vacancy is on the right wing, suggesting that youngster Danny Barnes might be on the cusp of making a European Cup debut, either from the start or off the bench. at Thomond Park against Toulon,

Barnes (22), New Zealand-born and Tralee-raised, has played wing and centre for the province, would be one of four players, alongside fellow youngster Scott Deasy, or the vastly more experienced Paul Warwick and Johne Murphy, to come under consideration for selection as a replacement for Tuitupou.