Munster name team for friendly

Doug Howlett, Peter Stringer, Tony Buckley, Alan Quinlan and Damien Varley have been included in the Munster starting XV for Friday's clash with Gloucester at Musgrave Park.

Mick O'Driscoll, Niall Ronan and Denis Fogarty are named on 12-man bench, with Fogarty recovering from a knock he took in the Leicester game last Friday.

This is Munster's final warm-up game before the start of the Magners League next weekend.

Munster team to play Gloucester in the Magners League on Friday night in Musgrave Park:

F Jones; D Howlett; J Murphy, S Tuitupou, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; W du Preez, D Varley, T Buckley; I Nagle, D Ryan; A Quinlan, T O'Donnell, D Leamy capt.

Replacements: D Fogarty, Dave Ryan, S Archer, M O'Driscoll, N Ronan, P O'Mahony, B Holland, D Williams, D Barnes, S Deasy, S Zebo, I Dineen.