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Wed 11 Nov 2002Munster are looking at a long injury listMunster coach Alan Gaffney will wait for Jeremy Staunton and Anthony Horgan to pass fitness tests before he names his team to play Connacht in the Celtic League quarter-final at Musgrave Park on Friday.The squad has been badly hit by injuries, though there are still plenty of options in the forwards. However, the back line has been severely affected, with Staunton's groin and Horgan's hamstring injuries adding to a string of other injury problems.