Teams named as Munster await weather developments – Leinster match called off

Munster Rugby will make a decision on their Musgrave Park grounds later this Friday or possibly into Saturday morning, ahead of their Sunday clash with the Scarlets in the Magners League. Ground staff remain confident that the fixture can be fulfilled at either their Cork or Limerick venues, however, following an inspection of the RDS this morning, tonight’s Magners League fixture between Leinster and the Glasgow Warriors has been postponed due to extreme and unprecedented conditions overnight and this Friday morning.

Following health and safety advice and in consultation with match officials, as well as representatives from Leinster and Glasgow, the pitch was deemed unplayable by the STRI ‘The Sports Turf Institute’ – ground advisors for the RDS – following an 11am inspection.

Ground temperatures fell to -5 degrees overnight and a heavy frost set in which was followed by heavy snowfall early on Friday morning.

Munster include all their fit internationals with the exception of John Hayes for the Magners League clash with Scarlets at Musgrave Park on Sunday

Munster: P Warwick; D Howlett, K Earls, J de Villiers, D Hurley; R O’Gara, T O’Leary; W du Preez, D Fogarty, T Buckley; D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell capt; A Quinlan, N Ronan, D Wallace.

Replacements: D Varley, S Archer, D Ryan, J Coughlan, PStringer, L Mafi, I Dowling

Scarlets: Daniel Evans, Lee Williams, Sean Lamont, Jon Davies, Andy Fenby, Rhys Priestland, Martin Roberts, Phil John, Ken Owens, Deacon Manu, Damian Welch, Dominic Day, Rob McCusker, Johnathan Edwards, David Lyons (c)

Replacements: amie Corsi, Emyr Phillips, Lou Reed, Richie Pugh, Gareth Davies, Morgan Stoddart, Gareth Maule