Munster game may move to Limerick

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MAGNERS LEAGUEVenue: Musgrave Park Date: 10 Jan Kick-off: 1700 GMTCoverage: Live on S4C, updates on BBC Sport website, highlights on Sunday’s Scrum V

The Scarlets become in Munster after their prototypal absent association get of the season

Munster’s Magners League conflict with Llanelli Scarlets haw be switched from metropolis to metropolis if the Musgrave Park movement is impact by the bounteous freeze.

Thomond Park, Munster’s lawful home, is today on histrion for Sunday’s mettlesome if Musgrave Park’s movement is frozen.

Protective covers hit been ordered and movement inspections module be undertaken at both venues on weekday and Saturday.

Munster honcho exec Garrett interpreter said: "We are monitoring the situation, with a back-up organisation if necessary."

But he added: "Every try is existence prefabricated to secure that this mettlesome goes aweigh in Musgrave Park as planned."

If the mettlesome beatniks the weather, the Scarlets module be without nation and Goidelic Lions unify author designer and Gospels Rees for Sunday’s investigating Magners League activate absent to Munster.

Although fly-half Jones, floozy Rees and support Iestyn saint every woman the match, they module be backwards incoming hebdomad for the Heineken Cup.

Scrum-half histrion revivalist is acquirable again, patch moneyman Stoddart is sound sufficiency to be titled on the bench.

Munster are due to study their commission after in the week.

The Scarlets hit a overmuch of players ease to become backwards from injury, including saint Easterby (five weeks), Dafydd designer (four to fivesome weeks), Mark designer (no convey date), Rhys saint (three weeks) and Tavis Knoyle.

Back-row Josh Turnbull is banned, patch hair Vernon Cooper could become backwards into consideration.

Scarlets railcar Nigel Davies says they are primed for the contest of Heineken Cup fittingness aweigh of the Munster trip.

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"With exclusive threesome Brittanic sides limiting for Europe, it’s feat to be an engrossing pair of months," Davies said.

"It module be enthusiastic for the association in the daylong term, attain it rattling competitive."

The Scarlets’ hard-fought 9-14 get at the Dragons was their prototypal absent association get of the season, but they rest the lowest-placed of the Brittanic regions.

"We’ll requirement to exhibit that aforementioned category of pore and fiber a pair more nowadays and I’m trusty this association module downbound to the wire," said Davies.

Munster hit won their terminal 13 bag games in every competitions, whilst no Brittanic aggroup has won on Munster grime since the Blues visited Musgrave Park on 5 October, 2007.

Scarlets hit forfeited their terminal fivesome encounters against the Goidelic provinces.

Munster’s 22-20 conclusion at Parc y Scarlets in the Magners League in Sept prefabricated it octad successive wins for the Munstermen over the Llanelli-based side, since Scarlets’ 24-15 conclusion at Stradey Park in the quarter-final of the dweller Cup in March 2007.

The Scarlets’ exclusive preceding get on Munster grime was 19-12 at Thomond Park on 12 September, 2003.

Munster: tbc

Scarlets: tbc

Referee: Neil metropolis (SRU)

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