Ronan makes squad for visit of Castres

Niall Ronan, who retired injured (knee) in the first half of Munster's win over Treviso last weekend has been included in the provisional Munster squad for the Heineken Cup game against Castres Olympique on Saturday (3.40pm).

Although he has not participated in field training this week Munster management are confident that he'll be involved on Saturday.

The 28-man squad also sees the inclusion of promising young props John Ryan and Stephen Archer along with fellow academy graduates Ian Nagle, Peter O’Mahony, Danny Barnes and Simon Zebo who was a try-scorer against Treviso.

Munster Squad: Marcus Horan, John Ryan, Wian Du Preez, Stephen Archer, BJ Botha, Damien Varley, Denis Fogarty, Donncha O’Callaghan, Donncha Ryan, Paul O’Connell, Ian Nagle, Mick O’Driscoll, Peter O’Mahony, Billy Holland, Niall Ronan, James Coughlan, Tomas O’Leary, Conor Murray, Duncan Williams, Ronan O’Gara, Ian Keatley, Danny Barnes, Simon Zebo, Will Chambers, Lifeimi Mafi, Keith Earls, Johne Murphy, Denis Hurley.