Munster are waiting for the ERC to decide on a date for an appeal against Paul O’Connell’s four-week ban.
Ireland lock O’Connell was handed the suspension by a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing after he was sent off for striking Ospreys back-rower Jonathan Thomas during Munster’s 22-16 Heineken Cup victory at Thomond Park on December 12.
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