No injury woes for McGahan ahead of Leinster game

Tony McGahan has no fresh injury concerns heading into Munster’s meeting with Leinster in the Aviva Stadium on Friday night (8pm).

Tomas O'Leary and Peter O'Mahony picked up knocks in Friday's game against Aironi, but both will train this week and will be in consideration when McGahan decides on his squad for Friday's game.

O'Mahony's was a blood injury whilst O'Leary shipped a heavy tackle and, considering the congestion of games facing Munster, he was replaced as a precaution.

Meanwhile, Jerry Flannery had a positive diagnosis following his trip to see a specialist in Germany last week although as yet there is no definite timeframe for a return to full training. David Wallace, Felix Jones, Mike Sherry, Peter Borlase & Troy Smith are the others who remain unavailable through injury.

Next Friday's game will be just the second of Munster's season for many of the players including Paul O'Connell, who was happy to get back into the Munster jersey.

"I enjoyed the game,” he told MunsterRugby.ie. "Our scrum was excellent against Aironi. On nights like that a strong scrum is of massive importance."

"All things considered I think it was a good performance. We really need to start building relationships with each other again, and getting used to playing with each other.

"I've rarely if ever played with Peter (O'Mahony), obviously never played with BJ. That was Will's (Chambers) first game with the senior side. First time Danny Barnes played at inside centre. There are a lot of combinations there that are new.

"So we really need to get to know each other quickly. To get all the guys off the bench and finish the game in their half pummeling them was good for us."

Having just parted ways with many Leinster performers who were part of the World Cup squad, O’Connell is under no illusions about the talent at Joe Schmidt's disposal.

“It’s probably the highest level you can go in Europe at the moment. Leinster, with their record, with the playing squad they have, it’s going to be a massive step up for us and again the following week against Northampton.

"So it's really good preparation for us but we really need to learn fast and hit the ground running next weekend."