Hurley returns to Munster squad

RUGBY : Tony McGahan has made just one change to his Munster squad ahead of Sunday's Magners League clash with Newport-Gwent…

RUGBY: Tony McGahan has made just one change to his Munster squad ahead of Sunday's Magners League clash with Newport-Gwent Dragons at Musgrave Park.

Centre Rua Tipoki is omitted in a move that sees full-back Denis Hurley return to the squad.

John Hayes remains sidelined by the illness that forced him to withdraw from the line-up to face Edinburgh last week but props Federicco Pucciariello, Marcus Horan and Tony Buckley are included.

Elsewhere the Leinster under-19 and under-20 teams to face Ulster in Friday night's interprovincial championships at Ballynahinch and Ravenhill respectively have both been named.

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Munster Squad: F Pucciariello, M Horan, J Flannery, F Sheahan, T Buckley, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell, M O'Driscoll, D Ryan, J O'Sullivan, J Melck, D Wallace, T O'Leary, P Stringer, R O'Gara, P Warwick, I Dowling, L Mafi, B Murphy, D Howlett, K Earls, Denis Hurley.

Leinster Under-19: D Hudson, N Darragh, G Nyawata, D McSharry, R Crotty, N Earls, C Lilly, S Collins, R Byrne, R Ferris, M Cawley, (C), K McKenna, B Kelly, R Hartnett, C Butterworth
Replacements: A Mulligan, R Bent, R O'Sullivan, S Preston, B Doyle, C Ronaldson, R Cruess-Callaghan,, K Donican

Leinster Under-20: I Madigan, I O'Neill, R Pratt, S Gahan (C), M Keating, I McKinley, M Healy; J McGrath, T Sexton, J O'Connell, S Grennell, M Flanagan, E Cremen, D Ryan, M Noone
Replacements: A Pollard, N Lovic / R Donnelly, J Dever, P Synnott, J Cooney, G Foley, T Jones