MUNSTER A coach Ian Costello has included six players involved in the Pro12 match-day squad that drew with Scarlets on Saturday in a 27-man squad for Friday’s British Irish Cup final against Cross Keys at Musgrave Park (kick-off 5.30pm), as well as Billy Holland, Denis Hurley and John Ryan, who travelled as cover with the squad.

Connacht’s 21-year-old winger Tiernan O’Halloran, in his first season on a professional contract, has been chosen as the province’s player of the month for March.

MUNSTER A SQUAD: Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Stephen Archer, Peter Borlase, Christy Condon, Sean Henry, Denis Fogarty, Brian Hayes, Ian Nagle, Phil Donnellan, Billy Holland, Dave O’Callaghan, Barry O’Mahony, Brian O’Hara, Paddy Butler, Denis Hurley, Sean Scanlon, Ronan O’Mahony, Luke O’Dea, Danny Barnes, Tom Gleeson, Ivan Dineen, JJ Hanrahan, Scott Deasy, Declan Cusack, Cathal Sheridan, Duncan Williams.