MUNSTER HOPE TO have centre Alex Nankivell available for Saturday’s URC semi-final clash with Glasgow Warriors [KO 6pm, TG4/Premier Sports] at Thomond Park.
The 27-year-old has been sidelined since suffering an ankle injury against Edinburgh last month.
However Munster say Nankivell will increase his training over the coming days, with a decision on his availability for the Glasgow game to be made later this week.
Munster reported no fresh injury concerns from Friday’s URC quarter-final defeat of Ospreys.
Joey Carbery will undergo surgery today after injuring his thumb against Ulster on 1 June.
Tom Ahern suffered an ankle injury in the same game and is due to see a specialist with a view to surgery.
Silly red card for Murphy. Real obvious cheap shot.
@Kevin: aye, total brain fart. Right in front of the ref and nowhere near the ball carrier. Dafty.
@Kevin: don’t think they was his intention, think he was looking for a shoulder to shoulder with McCormick and bump him away from the ruck, instead McCormick got square to him, and it ended up being a shoulder to the mush. But an unnecessary risk for a lad who’d already had a yellow…
Early days and don’t want to the the42 guy but I’m not sure on Iaone. He impressed in the first game but since then …
@Reggordon: yeah he’s in and out of games , prefer Carty or Forde ahead of him
@Reggordon: From a forwards perspective there’s nothing worse than your 10 finding 5 yards from the boot.
Iaone is a spoofer I hate to say. He’s not at thus level. Von need to go looking again and maybe coax a Byrne over west?? Mac was so, So, poor especially in D, I would’ve subbed him. Full back not impressing either.
Murphy is electric and Boyle is the real deal. Others get a C grade.
Josh Murphy is some player. Leinster look foolish to have let him go, McGrath and Foley (who was poor in SA with EI) look like slim cover for JGP
@Andrew Slazenger: presume you meant Ben Murphy, not Josh.
@Andrew Slazenger: how Cormac Foley got the start in the last EI game ahead of Devine I’ll never understand, not a patch on Devine as a player. But he wears Blue, so ya know, the Connacht lad has to be more than twice as good…
@Barry Ward: Ah my mistake! Josh was in my head due to the red card
Iaone has now put 2 kicks into the dead ball zone in the dying minutes of winnable games. Totally unacceptable. His dead ball and place kicking isn’t good enough at this level. Forde, who is an excellent kicker, was on the pitch. This Connacht back line looks amazing on paper but, strangely, of the starters, only Ben Murphy looked like a match winner.