Ronan O'Gara will make his first appearance of the season for Munster when he takes his place on the replacement bench for tomorrow's clash with Connacht at Thomond Park (7.35 p.m). The game doubles as a Celtic League and Guinness Interprovincial fixture.
Following their surprise 6-3 away win against Cardiff, Connacht lost the next week at the hands of Edinburgh at home. Munster meanwhile have only played one match in which they got the better of Edinburgh 22-25.
Teams:
Munster
15 Jeremy Staunton 14 John O'Neill 13 Mike Mullins 12 John Kelly 11 Anthony Horgan 10 Jason Holland 9 Peter Stringer 1 Marcus Horan 2 James Blaney 3 John Hayes 4 Mick Galwey 5 Mick O'Driscoll 6 Alan Quinlan 7 David Wallace 8 Anthony Foley
Replacements.
16 Peter Clohessy 17 Frank Sheahan 18 Paul O'Connell 19 Jim Williams 20 Mike Prendergast 21 Ronan O'Gara 22 Killian Keane.
Connacht
15 Gavin Duffy 14 Pat Duignan 13 Darren Yapp 12 Tim Allnutt 11 Oisin Grennan 10 Eric Elwood 9 James Ferris 1 Dan McFarland 2 Marnus Uijs 3 Peter Bracken 4 Rowan Frost 5 Mark McConnell 6 Michael Swift 7 Colm Rigney 8 Des Dillon
Replacements.
16 Ronan McCormack 17 Tom Kearns 18 Damien Browne 19 Paul Neville 20 Eoin Reddan 21 Johnny O'Connor 22 Mark McHugh