Gaffney keeps Irish trio in side for Borders

Alan Gaffney has decided to use Rob Henderson, Anthony Horgan and David Wallace in his Munster side to meet The Borders at Musgrave Park tomorrow evening.

Mike Mullins will start on the bench and John Kelly is excluded from the squad as all five players were released by Eddie O'Sullivan today.

Gaffney said: "The demands of international and provincial rugby are huge and put a lot of strain on players so when we can do something to relieve that pressure we will as in this instance with John Kelly who has been on the go really since before the World Cup, Mike Mullins who has played every game for the last year and a half.”

Munster (v The Borders) Jeremy Staunton; M Lawler, J Jones-Hughes, R Henderson, A Horgan; J Holland (Capt), E Reddan; S Kerr, J Blaney, G McIlwham, T Hogan, D Pusey, P Malone, D Wallace, S Keogh. Replacements: Fk Roche, J Flannery, D Sheehan, T Hayes, F Murphy, M Mullins, D Crotty.