Leamy and Kelly fail to make Munster squad

Munster will have to do it the hard way, without Denis Leamy and John Kelly, when they travel to Castres for Friday night's Heineken Cup appointment in France.

Coach Alan Gaffney has only been able to name a 26-man squad. Leamy has a cut on his left ear and Kelly is still finding it difficult to shake off the effects of an ankle injury.

The starting line-up for the game against Castres will be announced on Thursday at 12pm.

Munster Squad (v Castres): P Burke, C Cullen, P Devlin, R Henderson, A Horgan, J Holland, M Lawlor, M Mullins, R O'Gara, S Payne, M Prendergast, P Stringer; J Blaney, J Flannery, A Foley, J Hayes, M Horan, T Hogan, S Keogh, G McIlwham, P O'Connell, D O'Callaghan, A Quinlan, F Sheahan, D Wallace, J Williams.