Injury doubts David Wallace and John Kelly have been included in Munster's 26-man squad for the Heineken Cup clash with Newport-Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday.
On the other hand, regular full back Shaun Payne and prop Federico Pucciariello have both been ruled out by injury.
There should be a straight battle between Jeremy Manning and Mossy Lawlor for the number 15 jersey.
MUNSTER SQUAD (v Gwent Dragons): M Lawlor, J Kelly, A Horgan, A Pitout, B Murphy, G Connolly, T Halstead, J Manning, P Burke, R O'Gara, T O'Leary, P Stringer, D Wallace, D Leamy, S Keogh, A Foley, J O'Sullivan, T Hogan, M O'Driscoll, D O'Callaghan, D Fogarty, J Flannery, M Horan, J Hayes, F Roche, T Buckley.