Trio Added To Heineken Cup Squad

Cathal Sheridan, Ivan Dineen and James Cronin are the three additional players Munster have added to their Heineken Cup squad ahead of the knock-out stages.

Competition rules allow the addition and two of those named, Cathal Sheridan and Ivan Dineen will be involved in the Munster side that plays Connacht later today in Musgrave Park (5.45).

James Cronin (prop) is in his second year of the Munster Rugby academy and has most recently impressed at B&I Cup level with the Munster A side. He and Sheridan are included in a Heineken Cup squad for the first time.

Sheridan will partner Ronan O'Gara at half-back while Dineen has been named on the bench.