Buckley fighting fit after illness nightmare

A FEW weeks ago Tony Buckley must have wondered what he had done to upset the rugby gods.

The big prop was out of favour with Munster and found himself lining out for Shannon on a series of cold, wet Saturday afternoons of All-Ireland League action. But that wasn’t the only annoyance. There was also the unexplained loss of energy, the constant tiredness and the worry which was making Buckley miserable with every passing day.

He revealed: “I was feeling low for over a month, I had no energy, was exhausted after training. I would sleep for three hours, a feat in itself when you have two young kids, and I just couldn’t explain why. I tried to train and play my way through it but I wasn’t doing myself any favours.