Perpignan v Munster: Teams
Munster coach Tony McGahan has retained the same XV that edged out Perpignan at Thomond Park.
Last Updated: 20/12/09 5:41pm
Munster coach Tony McGahan has retained the same XV that edged out Perpignan at Thomond Park.
The cool head of Ronan O'Gara kicked the Magners League champions to success, and McGahan has opted to stick with the same formula in France.
And flanker Alan Quinland admitted: "Nothing changes from last week really. We'll concentrate on ourselves. On what we have to do. Our own performance. It may sound cliched but that's the way it has to be.
"We saw them at first hand last weekend. They're a very good side but that didn't come as a surprise to us. We knew that when the Pools were announced.
"We knew these back-to-backs would be crucial and our aim was to be travelling out there still in control of our own destiny. We've managed that. We know what we need to know about them so now for us it's a question of focusing on us, on our performance."
Perpignan: 15 P Burger, 14 F Sid, 13 D Marty, 12 M Mermoz, 11 C Manas, 10 G Hume, 9 D Mele, 1 J Schuster, 2 M Tincu, 3 N Mas [capt], 4 O Olibeau, 5 R Tchale Watchou, 6 Y Vivalda, 7 B Guiry, 8 O Tonita.
Replacements: 16 G Guirado, 17 P Freshwater, 18 K Pulu, 19 R Alvarez Kairelis, 20 N Durand, 21 J Grandclaude, 22 J Porical, 23 Y Parent
Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Denis Hurley, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Darragh Hurley, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Mick O'Driscoll, 20 Donnacha Ryan, 21 Niall Ronan, 22 Peter Stringer, 23 Jean de Villiers.
