Gaffney to give three debuts

Coach Alan Gaffney has decided to give Dominic Malone, Eddie Halvey and Warren O'Kelly their first starts under his new regime at Munster for the pre-season encounter against Connacht at The Sportsground tomorrow evening.

Munster coach Alan Gaffney, in naming a 22-strong squad, stressed that he would have an extended squad with him in Galway,

"It's going to be a game of three periods and we will have a bigger squad than we've named so there will be others who will be getting a run in the course of the game." he explained.

MUNSTER (v Connacht): J Lacey; M Lawlor, C Mahony, J Holland, K O'Riordan; J Staunton, D Malone; P Brennan, J Fogarty, W O'Kelly; M Galwey, D O'Callaghan; E Halvey, C McMahon, J Williams (capt). Replacements: J Blaney, J Cullinane, T Hogan, D Bowles, M Prendergast, K Keane, T Cregan.