Munster v Llanelli: Having fractured his ankle against the Scarlets in April, Tomas O'Leary will make his comeback when Munster take on the same opposition at the Parc Y Scarlets tomorrow night. O'Leary is not named in the starting XV but is expected to be sprung from the bench at some stage.
The Ireland scrum-half suffered the horrific injury at Musgrave Park and missed out on the Heineken Cup semi-final and Lions tour. Initially not expected back until November at the earliest, O’Leary has made a swift recovery and will take his place on the replacements bench in Wales.
"Tomas has shown tremendous professionalism and dedication in getting himself back playing and great credit is due to him,” said team manager Shaun Payne today. ”It is of course great to see him back in the squad particularly after the injury he sustained."
Coach Tony McGahan has opted to start Toby Morland at number nine for the match in Llanelli with Peter Stringer dropping out of the match day 22. In the pack, Julien Brugnaut coming into the front row in place of Marcus Horan while Damien Varley gets the nod ahead of Denis Fogarty.
Munster: F Jones; D Howlett, B Murphy, L Mafi, D Hurley; J Manning, T Morland; J Brugnaut, D Varley, J Hayes; D Ryan, M O'Driscoll; A Quinlan, N Ronan, D Leamy. Replacements: D Fogarty, T Buckley, B Holland, T O'Donnell, T O'Leary, S Deasy, T Gleeson.
