Jones to start on bench for Munster

Rugby: Felix Jones will don the red jersey of Munster for the first time since damaging his foot/ankle while playing for Ireland…

Rugby:Felix Jones will don the red jersey of Munster for the first time since damaging his foot/ankle while playing for Ireland against France in a pre-World Cup game last August as he is named in the replacements for tomorrow's RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Benetton Treviso at Stadio Comunale di Monigo. He returned to competitive action with Shannon last Friday night.

Munster coach Tony McGahan has named Ireland squad members Ronan O’Gara, Donnacha Ryan and Peter O’Mahony in a team that will be led by Mick O’Driscoll. In the absence of the injured Denis Leamy and Niall Ronan, promising flanker David O’Callaghan is given an opportunity while a fit again Tommy O’Donnell provides cover on the bench.

Benetton Treviso:L Nitoglia; T Iannone, E Galon, A Sgarbi, B Williams; W De Waal, F Semenzato; M Muccignat, F Sbaraglini, P Di Santo; A Pavanello (capt) C van Zyl; P Derbyshire, B Vermaak, M Filipucci. Replacements:E Ceccato, A Allori, I Fernandez Rouyet, V Bernabò, G Padrò, G Garcia, E Gori, A Di Bernardo.

Munster:D Hurley; J Murphy, D Barnes, L Mafi, S Zebo; R O'Gara, T O'Leary; W du Preez, D Varley, BJ Botha; D Ryan, M O'Driscoll (capt); David O'Callaghan, P O'Mahony J Coughlan. Replacements:D Fogarty, M Horan, S Archer, B. Holland, T O'Donnell, D Williams, S Deasy, F Jones.