Team Check

Ballymena

Andre Bester retains the same team that lost to St Mary's College for tomorrow's home game against Young Munster, a match that both teams need to win to maintain their play-off hopes.

BALLYMENA: S Young; J Topping, S Stewart, R Botha, S McDowell; A Derwin, N Doak; N McKernan, P Shields, G Cully, C Beukes, G Longwell, A Graham, R Nelson, J Taggart.

Young Munster

Player coach Matt te Pou has left a vacancy at tighthead prop, pending a fitness report on Mick Fitzgerald.

YOUNG MUNSTER: M Connolly; F Hogan, M Mullins, L Doyle, C Casey; M Lynch, M Prendergast; P Clohessy, B Cantrell, AN Other, C Power, P O'Connell, M te Pou, M Ngarimu, K Gallagher.

Blackrock

Shane Byrne received a boost following an MRI scan yesterday which revealed that he had only strained and not torn his right ankle ligaments and his left knee ligaments. It was initially feared that he would be out for the rest of the season and so miss an opportunity to win a first Irish cap in the forthcoming international against Romania in Bucharest on June 2nd.

Byrne had taken over as team captain from Leo Cullen who recently underwent an Achilles tendon operation.

Centre Michael Jackson is doubtful for this match and the availability of Brian O'Driscoll has to be ascertained.

Belfast Harlequins

Chris McCarey and Clem Boyd return to the team that shocked Lansdowne last time out for their game against Shannon at Pirrie Park.

BELFAST HARLEQUINS: N Malone; R Collins, S Coulter, S Dick, R Morrow; P Hancock, D Spence; C Boyd, M Humphreys, S Best, K Rabie, D Irwin, G O'Loan, C McCarey, N Best.

Shannon

Coach Conor McDermott will have to check on Peter Stringer (swollen ankle) and Redmond Collins, who picked up a knock in Shannon's midweek victory over DLSP, before confirming a team for the Harlequins match.

Old Crescent

Stephen Tuohy and Mark Hayes are both definitely out of the clash with Dungannon at Rosbrien. The side will be announced today.

Dungannon

Willie Anderson expects to name the same side that thrashed Terenure College 62-3 last weekend for their trip to Limerick.

Cork Constitution

Brian Hickey awaits fitness reports on number eight Ultan O'Callaghan and Jerry Murray, both of whom retired with hand injuries in the midweek victory over Blackrock College. O'Callaghan's is the more serious. John Kelly is definitely out.

Clontarf

The game against Cork Constitution on Sunday will kick off at 2.p.m. They will choose from a full panel.