Gatland plays down Shaw concerns

WASPS and England second-row Simon Shaw remains a slight doubt for Sunday's Heineken Cup semi-final against Munster even though he has been named in the side.

Wasps director of rugby Warren Gatland played down the significance of Shaw's injury yesterday, picked up in a clash with former Connacht forward Colm Rigney last Sunday against Leeds.

"It happened in the last three minutes in a stamping incident involving Colm, so we wondered if Munster had something to do with it," said Gatland mischievously.

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