O'Leary starts beside O'Gara

Tomas O'Leary has held off the considerable claims of Peter Stringer to start beside Ronan O'Gara at half-back in the Munster side to play Toulouse in the Heineken Cup final at The Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Other than that, Declan Kidney pulled no mild surprises as Denis Hurley keeps the full back jersey and the Kiwi trio of Doug Howlett, Lifeimi Mafi and Rua Tipoki remain in situ.

The pack runs along expected lines with Paul O'Connell leads an all-Ireland international pack of forwards in what could be a last hurrah for John Hayes and Alan Quinlan.

MUNSTER (v Toulouse): D Hurley; D Howlett, L Mafi, R Tipoki, I Dowling; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; M Horan, J Flannery, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell (capt), A Quinlan, D Wallace, D Leamy.

Replacements: F Sheahan, T Buckley, M O'Driscoll, D Ryan, P Stringer, P Warwick, K Earls.

Toulouse: C Heymans; M Medard, M Kunavore, Y Jauzion, Y Donguy; J Elissalde, B Kelleher; D Human, W Servat, S Perugini, F Pelous (capt), P Albacete, J Bouilhou, T Dusautoir, S Sowerby

Replacements: A Vernet Basualdo, J Poux, R Millo-Chluski, Y Nyanga, F Fritz, M Ahotaeiloa, V Courrent