Saturday 31 October 2020
Dave Kilcoyne, Jeremy Loughman, Liam O’Connor and James French have all been ruled out with injury prompting the call to Reid.
Paul O’Connell has been impressed by the likes of Ben Healy and John Hodnett.
The province say he is ‘expected to be rehabbing for up to eight weeks’.
Leinster will face Northampton Saints and Montpellier, while Connacht take on Pat Lam’s Bristol and Racing 92.
Eoin Cadogan and Darragh Fitzgibbon are ruled out of the clash at Semple Stadium.
Craig Casey and Ben Healy continue as the halfbacks for the clash with Cardiff Blues.
Semple Stadium hosted today’s game.
Training and form carry a great deal more weight under Andy Farrell, the Munster wing says.
Tony Kelly and Cian Lynch are happy to see Sunday’s Munster hurling clash set to go ahead.
Tiperary will now take on Waterford in next Monday’s semi-final.
Cork will now play Limerick in next Monday’s semi-final.
Cork play Kerry tomorrow evening in Munster U20 quarter-final.
Munster, Ulster and Connacht will face the senior Ireland squad in competition at the Sports Campus this weekend.
The minor action begins with Cork taking on Clare in the Munster championship on Saturday.
Munster defeated Edinburgh after a week of upheaval for the province.
Youngster Ben Healy once again nailed the winning kick for Munster as they came from behind to defeat Edinburgh.
Sport may be secondary to life’s greater challenges right now but that does not stop us yearning for the day when stadium doors re-open and communities are allowed come together again.
A senior player tested positive for the virus earlier this week, with a further six players identified as close contacts.
Ireland boss Andy Farrell already had several injury concerns ahead of the autumn campaign.
Six other players identified as potential close contacts are currently self-isolating.
This week’s episode of The42 Rugby Weekly Extra saw the lads discussing the potential of Ben Healy.
Peter O’Mahony was red carded but Munster came from 24-10 down to score two tries in the final 15 minutes. Ben Healy’s monstrous kick from half-way won it at the death.
Munster are away to the Scarlets as Connacht host Glasgow in the Pro14.
Mike Haley and Darren Sweetnam make their return tot first-team action.
The 26-year-old former Sale man earned his Test debut last year against Italy.
The Kildare man is set to face his old team for the first time since joining Munster.
Munster’s Johann van Graan expects the likes of Craig Casey, John Hodnett, and Ben Healy to push for European starts.
There was more positive news on Munster’s Conor Murray and Dave Kilcoyne, however.
The Ireland scrum-half suffered a thigh injury a month ago against Leinster.
Simon Zebo made his return from injury last weekend as Racing secured a Champions Cup semi-final.
The scrum-half will hope to be cleared of serious injury with the Six Nations resuming next month.
Leinster feel they need to learn from last Friday’s game and Munster will surely look to do the same.
Stuart Lancaster’s charges shut down Munster’s early attempts to get a foothold in the game.
The number 8 vows to come back and challenge for more titles with Munster next year.
Jerry Flannery is back in the professional game as lineout coach with Premiership club Harlequins.
The tactical approach from Johann van Graan’s side felt far too familiar as they came up short again.
The southern province were second best in the kicking game as they suffered another semi-final defeat.
Munster successfully knocked the champions out of their rhythm, but were unable to capitalise.
Ronan Kelleher gets the only score of the game as Leinster beat rivals Munster by 10 points.
It’s the island’s two most successful provinces, it’s knockout rugby and we’re going minute-by-minute.
