Howlett, Earls and Flannery in for Munster

Doug Howlett, Keith Earls and Jerry Flannery have all been included in the Munster squad to play Leinster in the Magner’s League semi final in The RDS on Saturday.

Lock Mick O’Driscoll returns from missing out last week against Cardiff Blues in Wales with an ankle injury.

This will make a huge difference to the options available to coach Tony McGahan as he plots to beat Leinster for the first time in four attempts.

MUNSTER SQUAD (v Leinster): S Deasy, D Barnes, D Hurley, D Howlett, T Gleeson, K Earls, L Mafi, J de Villiers, P Warwick, R O'Gara, P Stringer, T O'Leary, M Horan, D Ryan, J Hayes, T Buckley, J Flannery, D Varley, D Fogarty, D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll, B Holland, A Quinlan, D Wallace, N Ronan, N Williams, J Coughlan.