Foley, Payne and Kiwi trio named in Munster squad

Declan Kidney gave away less than little, as is his nature, in the announcement of a 26-player squad for the Heineken Cup final against Toulouse at The Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Thankfully, the Kiwi back-line trio Rua Tipoki, Doug Howlett and Lifeimi Mafi all trained successfully at the University of Limerick yesterday.

Anthony Foley, the province's captain for their 2006 Heineken Cup win, and Shaun Payne have been included in the group.

The starting line-up will be announced at a joint press conference in Cardiff on Friday along with Toulouse coach Guy Noves.

MUNSTER SQUAD (v Touluose):

Backs (12): Stringer, O'Leary, O'Gara, Warwick, Dowling, Howlett, Tipoki, Lewis, Mafi, Earls, Hurley, Payne.

Forwards (14): Horan, Pucciariello, Hayes, Buckley, Sheahan, Flannery, O'Connell (capt), O'Callaghan, O'Driscoll, Ryan, Wallace, Quinlan, Leamy, Foley.

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