D’Arcy aching to re-enter fray

GORDON D’ARCY’S return to action for Leinster could be less than a fortnight away with the news that the Irish back has returned to full contact training with the province this week.

Leinster hope to draft the Wexford man into the squad to play Ulster in the Celtic League at Donnybrook on December 27. If not, he will definitely be pencilled in for the following game against Munster at Musgrave Park on New Year’s Day.

D’Arcy has been sidelined since Leinster’s Heineken Cup win against Bath at the end of October when he suffered the recurrence of a groin strain first picked up on the summer tour with South Africa with the international side.