Quartet poised to make timely return for Con

BRIAN O’MEARA, Jim Williams, Donnacha O’Callaghan and Mick O’Driscoll are all poised to make a timely return to the Cork Constitution team for tomorrow’s crucial AIB League against Blackrock College at Temple Hill.

Scrum-half O’Meara will be making his first appearance of the season in the Constitution colours, having been busy with Leinster in their all-conquering surge to the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup. Williams’ only appearance came in the victory over Buccaneers in Novmeber, while O’Callaghan and O’Driscoll have been equally restricted because of their Munster commitments.

With the Celtic League trophy safely tucked away and an interval of two months before the next Munster game, several of the club’s contracted players will be available to Con on a regular basis over the coming weeks. This development could hardly have come at a better time with a recent run of bad results seeing the club more or less drop out of contention for a top-four finish and instead, descend into the relegation zone.