Horgan is declared fit for contact training

MUNSTER’S forgotten man, Anthony Horgan, has finally been given the all clear to resume contact training - but even getting the good news summed up the Cork Con’s winger’s luck of late.

Horgan made an abortive journey to Nottingham on Tuesday for a consultation with the surgeon who carried out a shoulder operation in August. However the specialist fell ill, forcing Horgan to return home no wiser than when he arrived.

A second meeting was set up for yesterday in Edinburgh, necessitating a 4am start through Dublin. The return journey involved a trip from Edinburgh to Cork via Manchester, meaning a cumulative 16-hour journey for the clean bill of health he has been striving for since the summer.