Munster unchanged

Coach Tony McGahan has left his Munster side unchanged for their final Pool match of the Heineken Cup at home to Northampton Saints on Friday night.

Munster hold a precarious two-point advantage over The Saints, the club that beat Munster in the 2000 European Cup final.

Jean de Villiers and Keith Earls hold off Lifemi Mafi in the centre and Niall Ronan continues in the back row with Alan Quinlan and David Wallace.

Ireland loose-head Marcus Horan is back on the bench for Munster, making his return to action in the red jersey likely for the first time since October following a minor heart ailment.

The winter freeze delayed his return by a week until Horan lined out for his club Shannon in the AIB League last weekend.

MUNSTER (v Northampton): P Warwick; D Howlett, K Earls, J de Villiers, D Hurley; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; W du Preez, D Fogarty, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell (capt), A Quinlan, N Ronan, D Wallace.

Replacements: D Varley, M Horan, T Buckley, D Ryan, J Coughlan, P Stringer, L Mafi, I Dowling