Leamy confident of facing Perpignan

MUNSTER coach Declan Kidney gives Denis Leamy a “better than 50/50 chance” of playing against Perpignan on Saturday, but the player himself is “very hopeful” of starting the Heineken Cup quarter-final.

The Tipperary man has been running on the ankle damaged in the Triple Crown game win over England at Twickenham, and the medical team are positive about his availability.

Said Leamy: “It is just a bad sprain, really, and while the swelling was very bad initially, we looked after it very well for the first few days and the Irish medical team were excellent. That is paying dividends.”