Quinlan set to get nod from Gaffney as Cup reaches climax

ALAN QUINLAN is almost certain to be one of the two players Munster coach Alan Gaffney will add to his Heineken Cup squad for the European quarter-finals.

Still troubled by the shoulder injury sustained in the World Cup, Munster would have to reach the semi-finals scheduled for April 24-25 for Quinlan to have a serious chance of returning to action.

It was in the Adelaide Oval last October that Quinlan suffered the setback in scoring the try that ensured Ireland's place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.