O'Gara to miss Ospreys clash

Ronan O'Gara is out of the Munster squad to face Ospreys at the weekend but is reportedly making good progress on his recovery…

Ronan O'Gara is out of the Munster squad to face Ospreys at the weekend but is reportedly making good progress on his recovery from a knee injury.

O'Gara was taken off at halftime during the Magner's League defeat to Leinster in the RDS and replaced by Paul Warwick.

With a European Cup semi-final against Saracens on the horizon, the Ospreys came "too soon" for O'Gara, according to coach Declan Kidney.

Kidney added: "He is making good progress and at this stage we haven't ruled him out of consideration for the game against Saracens."

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After missing out on the Leinster game Marcus Horan and David Wallace return, white Peter Stringer, John O'Sullivan, Anthony Horgan, Barry Murphy and Keith Earls are also included.

Kidney will announce his side tomorow at lunchtime.

Meanwhile, an extra 1,000 tickets for Munster's Heineken Cup semi-final will be made available via ticketmaster.co.uk tomorrow.

Some 2,000 tickets released today were snapped up on the site before 10am this morning while an additional 500 at the Ricoh Arena itself have also sold out.

Munster Squad:  Shaun Payne, Denis Hurley, Doug Howlett, Kieran Lewis, Keith Earls, Barry Murphy, Rua Tipoki, Lifeimi Mafi, Brian Carney, Anthony Horgan, Ian Dowling, Paul Warwick, Jeremy Manning, Tomas O'Leary, Gerry Hurley, Peter Stringer.John Hayes, Marcus Horan, Tony Buckley, Federico Pucciariello, Jerry Flannery, Frank Sheahan, Paul O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan, Donnacha Ryan, Mick O'Driscoll, Alan Quinlan, David Wallace, Denis Leamy, Anthony Foley, John O'Sullivan, Niall Ronan.