Munster v Saints Teams Named

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Munster Team:
01 Wian du Preez
02 Damien Varley
03 BJ Botha
04 Donnacha Ryan
05 Paul O'Connell (c)
06 Peter O'Mahony
07 Niall Ronan
08 James Coughlan
09 Conor Murray
10 Ronan O'Gara
11 Denis Hurley
12 Lifeimi Mafi
13 Danny Barnes
14 Doug Howlett
15 Johne Murphy

16 Denis Fogarty
17 John Ryan
18 John Hayes
19 Donnacha O'Callaghan
20 Denis Leamy
21 Tomas O'Leary
22 Ian Keatley
23 Will Chambers

Some new faces - First Heineken Cup starts for O'Mahony, Murray and Barnes.

Northampton Saints Team
01 Soane Tonga'uiha
02 Dylan Hatley (c)
03 Brian Mujati
04 Courtney Lawes
05 Mark Sorenson
06 Calum Clark
07 Tom Wood
08 Roger Wilson
09 Lee Dickson
10 Ryan Lamb
11 Vasily Artemyev
12 James Downey
13 Jon Clarke
14 Chris Ashton
15 Ben Foden

16 Mike Haywood
17 Alex Waller
18 Paul Doran Jones
19 Samu Manoa
20 Phil Dowson
21 Martin Roberts
22 Stephen Myler
23 George Pisi

Thats an inredible back three

10 Scott Deasy

I know that Cusack is injured but it would be good to give Deasy a run at 10. He is such an intelligent footballer...just lacking a bit physically.

Surprised to see Dowson on the bench, has he been injured?

No idea. I was surprised as well.

Has John Ryan even played a game for Munster? He was a prop with Cork Con wasn't he?

After watching Connacht against the Premiership leaders tonight my optimism is increasing for Munster against Northampton tomorrow...