O’Connell on course to win fitness battle for Cup final

PAUL O’CONNELL looks set to be fit for Munster’s Heineken Cup Final against Biarritz on May 20.

Tue, 09 May, 2006 - 01:00
Charlie Mulqueen, Llanelli

O’Connell sustained an ankle injury in the side’s defeat to the Neath Swansea Ospreys on Friday night. However the Irish international is responding well to treatment as is international colleague Marcus Horan (calf injury) ahead of the trip to Cardiff.

However injury concerns combined with the necessity to rest some players mean Munster are below full strength for this evening’s Celtic League clash with Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park.

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