De Villiers set for Munster debut

Jean de Villiers will play in the Munster jersey for the first time following his inclusion in the squad for Sunday’s Magner’s League tie against The Dragons at Musgrave Park.

British & Irish Lions captain Paul O’Connell, Ronan O’Gara and Keith Earls have also been named for the province for the first time this season, along with number eight Nick Williams.

Tomas O’Leary and Toby Morland will contest the number nine position with O’Gara and Jeremy Manning in the running for a start at fly-half.

Munster Squad (v Dragons):

M Horan, J Brugnaut, T Buckley, J Hayes, D Fogarty, D Varley, M O'Driscoll, P O'Connell, D O'Callaghan, D Ryan, A Quinlan, T O'Donnell, D Leamy, N Williams, J Coughlan, T O'Leary, T Morland, R O'Gara, J Manning, L Mafi, J de Villiers, B Murphy, D Hurley, K Earls, F Jones.