Leamy to captain Munster against Gloucester

Denis Leamy will captain Munster for their final pre-season match against Gloucester at Musgrave Park on Friday (7pm).

Senior international players, including Doug Howlett, Peter Stringer, Tony Buckley and Alan Quinlan and Damien Varley are all included for the first time this season.

Hooker Denis Fogarty has recovered from a knock he took in the Leicester game last Friday to take his spot on the bench and Felix Jones will play from full-back.

MUNSTER (v Gloucester): F Jones; D Howlett; J Murphy, S Tuitupou, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; W du Preez, D Varley, T Buckley; I Nagle, D Ryan; A Quinlan, T O'Donnell, D Leamy (capt).

Replacements: D Fogarty, Dave Ryan, S Archer, M O'Driscoll, N Ronan, P O'Mahony, B Holland, D Williams, D Barnes, S Deasy, S Zebo, I Dineen.