Blow for Munster as Stringer rules out of Heineken Cup matches

MUNSTER have suffered another major Heineken Cup blow, with Peter Stringer ruled for four weeks with a knee ligament injury.

The scrum-half will miss Sunday's Celtic League derby against Leinster at Musgrave Park and at least two of Munster's European Cup games - away to Sale on October 21 and home to Castres eight days later.

The injury was sustained in a training session in Limerick on Tuesday.

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