Following on from Saturday’s last minute victory against Glasgow in Thomond Park, a 27-man squad set off for Johannesburg today with Cheetahs next up in the Guinness PRO14.

Following on from Saturday’s last minute victory against Glasgow in Thomond Park, a 27-man squad set off for Johannesburg today with Cheetahs next up in the Guinness PRO14.

The group will base themselves in Johannesburg and travel to Bloemfontein at the weekend for Sunday’s Round 8 encounter.

Included in the squad are Academy players Gavin Coombes, Liam Coombes, Shane Daly and Sean O’Connor.

Guinness PRO14 Round 8: Cheetahs v Munster, Toyota Stadium, Sunday 4th November, 4.45pm (local)

Munster Squad: James Cronin, Jeremy Loughman, Ciaran Parker, John Ryan, Stephen Archer, Kevin O’Byrne, Mike Sherry, Darren O’Shea, Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley, Sean O’Connor, Arno Botha, Chris Cloete, Gavin Coombes, Neil Cronin, Alby Mathewson, Duncan Williams, Tyler Bleyendaal, JJ Hanrahan, Bill Johnston, Ian Keatley, Sammy Arnold, Shane Daly, Rory Scannell, Alex Wootton, Liam Coombes, Mike Haley.

A 26-man Ireland squad depart for Chicago today ahead of Saturday’s game against Italy at Soldier Field. Included in the squad are Tadhg Beirne, Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Joey Carbery, Andrew Conway and Darren Sweetnam.

Ireland Squad: Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht), Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Ulster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht), Rhys Ruddock (St Mary’s College/Leinster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster), Will Addison (Enniskillen/Ulster) *, Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster) *, Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster), Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster), John Cooney (Terenure College/Ulster), Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Darren Sweetnam (Cork Constitution/Munster)

* Denotes uncapped player