Gaffney’s tough call to leave Leamy out

THE exclusion of young flanker Denis Leamy from Munster’s Heineken Cup XV to play the Ospreys in Neath tomorrow was the most agonising decision of the season for coach Alan Gaffney.

Gaffney admitted the embarrassment of back row forward riches forced him into serious soul-searching before he named Irish international David Wallace alongside captain Anthony Foley and veteran Jim Williams.

Two further changes - Donncha O’Callaghan in for Trevor Hogan and Shaun Payne for Mossie Lawlor - were more straightforward.