Updated at 19.06
MUNSTER’S IRELAND internationals have all returned to the HPC, although ahead of Saturday’s Champions Cup clash against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park (kick-off: 3.15pm), the province have said that Diarmuid Barron (shoulder) and Josh Wycherley (ribs) are both doubts for the game.
Barron will go for a scan later this week, while Wycherley is being monitored by the medical department.
Meanwhile, Edwin Edogbo is set to return next month, though the province’s lock depth is still being tested significantly in the short term due to injuries.
Four second rows — Tom Ahern (shoulder), Fineen Wycherley (shoulder), Edogbo (ankle), and Kiran McDonald (arm) — are currently unavailable, leaving the squad especially short in that area.
Following the win over Lions, Head Coach Graham Rowntree provided an update on three members of that quartet.
“We’ll hopefully have Fineen back at the end of the month and Edwin back at the start of next month,” he said, adding that Ahern was unlikely to return until “March, at the earliest”.
Munster Men’s Fixtures
Champions Cup Round 3
Saturday, January 14
Munster Rugby v Northampton Saints, Thomond Park, 3.15pm; Buy tickets here
URC Round 14
Friday, February 17
Munster Rugby v Ospreys, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here
URC Round 15
Friday, March 3
Munster Rugby v Scarlets, Musgrave Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here
URC Round 16
Saturday, March 25
Munster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors, Thomond Park, 5.15pm; Buy tickets here
Not good enough for steve kean with blackburn tho .. good wk for steve’s judgment on players with both n’zonzi and kalinic two players he deemed surplus to requirements rocking up for big money moves to roma and athletico madrid… great judge of talent that steve
Sam Allderdyce in his wisdom called him Steven Insomnia
@Stevie Doran: I think you’re talking about when Joe Kinnear called Charles N’Zogbia Charlie Insomnia.
Absolute chancer