Thomond Park
Saturday 18th February 2006, 15:30

Saturday 18 February at Thomond Park, 3.30pm live on Setanta.

Table topping Munster have won seven of their last eight matches in all competitions since December, the exception being a 23-35 loss to Leinster at the RDS on New Year\'s Eve. The Munstermen have lost just one of their last 25 home games in all competitions.
Glasgow Warriors have won only one of their last seven encounters in all competitions: 50-35 at home to Bourgoin in the European Cup on 22 January.

Warriors\' 32-10 win over Munster in the Celtic League on 17 September represented their first ever victory over the Irishmen in the competition.

MUNSTER
1 - Frankie Roche, 2 - Denis Fogarty, 3 - Federico Pucciariello, 4 - Donncha O\'Callaghan, 5 - Mick O\'Driscoll, 6 - Stephen Keogh, 7 - Johnny O\'Connor, 8 - Anthony Foley (captain), 9 - Tomas O\'Leary, 10 - Mossie Lawlor, 11 - Anthony Horgan, 12 - Trevor Halstead, 13 - Barry Murphy, 14 - John Kelly, 15 - Shaun Payne
Replacements: 16 - Tony Buckley, 17 - Marcus Horan, 18 - Trevor Hogan, 19 - John O\'Sullivan, 20 - Mike Prendergast, 21 - Barry Keeshan, 22 - Gary Connolly,

WARRIORS
1 - Kevin Tkachuk, 2 - Fergus Thomson, 3 - Euan Murray, 4 - Dan Turner, 5 - Craig Hamilton, 6 - Steve Swindall, 7 - Jon Petrie (captain), 8 - Gregor Hayter, 9 - Sam Pinder, 10 - Colin Gregor, 11 - Mike Roberts, 12 - Spencer Davey, 13 - Graeme Morrison, 14 - Hefin O\'Hare, 15 - Rory Lamont
Replacements: 16 - Lee Harrison, 17 - Scott Lawson, 18 - James Eddie, 19 - Stuart Corsar, 20 - Iain Monaghan, 21 - Iain Kennedy, 22 - Graydon Staniforth,

Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU). Touch Judges: Alistair McKay (IRFU), John Carvill (IRFU).

HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Friday 3 October 2003 (Celtic Cup Quarter-final) at Hughenden Glasgow Warriors 18: Rory Kerr(T) Paul Dearlove(T) Dan Parks(C/2P) Munster 14: Simon Kerr(T) Mike Mullins(T) Jeremy Staunton(2C)

Friday 24 October 2003 (Celtic League) at Musgrave Park Munster 26: Mike Mullins(T) David Wallace(T) Jeremy Staunton(2C/4P) Glasgow Warriors 10: Graeme Morrison(T) Stuart Moffat(T)

Friday 26 March 2004 (Celtic League) at Hughenden Glasgow Warriors 12: Graeme Morrison(T) Rory Kerr(T) Stuart Moffat(C) Munster 37: John Kelly(T) Martin McPhail(T) Rob Henderson(T) Mossie Lawlor(T/3C/2P) Barry Murphy(T)

Saturday 9 October 2004 (Celtic League) at Hughenden Glasgow Warriors 26: Donnie Macfadyen(T) Andrew Henderson(T) Dan Parks(2C/4P) Munster 28: Frankie Sheahan(T) Christian Cullen(2T) Anthony Horgan(T) Ronan O\'Gara(C/D/P)

Sunday 20 February 2005 (Celtic League) at Thomond Park Munster 25: Jason Holland(T) Alan Quinlan(T) James Storey(T) Paul Burke(2C/2P) Glasgow Warriors 19: Dan Turner(T) Calvin Howarth(C/4P)

Saturday 17 September 2005 (Celtic League) at Hughenden Glasgow Warriors 32: Steve Swindall(T) Rory Lamont(T) Andrew Wilson(T) Mike Roberts(T) Dan Parks(3C/2P) Munster 10: Penalty Try(T) Paul Burke(P) Ronan O\'Gara(C)

This article was posted on 17-Feb-2006, 23:47 by Hugh Barrow.