Flannery injury not as bad as feared

JERRY FLANNERY could yet be fit in time for the last of Ireland’s autumn internationals and also Munster’s Heineken Cup back-to-back ties against the Ospreys in December.

Flannery saw a specialist in Liverpool on Friday regarding his ongoing calf muscle problems – which surfaced again in the European Cup against Toulon – and the diagnosis was apparently better than expected with a four week rest expected to solve the problem.