Kidney issues challenge to fringe players

MUNSTER coach Declan Kidney has challenged his squad’s fringe players to grab their Heineken Cup opportunities with both hands.

Kidney presented an upbeat report on Munster's wellbeing on the eve of their crucial European tie with Castres, despite the loss to Sale and injuries to key forwards Frankie Sheahan and Alan Quinlan.

"Injuries occur we've got a big squad and, however unfortunate, they give an opportunity to somebody else," he said in Cork.