Watching brief for Wallace

DAVID WALLACE spent another training session on the touchlines yesterday as medical staff continue monitoring an ankle problem, which coach Eddie O’Sullivan has described in the past as “chronic”.

Wallace’s last competitive game came for Munster against Edinburgh in the Magners League on May 4 and he is unlikely to feature in against Bayonne in tomorrow night’s friendly as medics work frantically to get Ireland’s only recognised open-side flanker in the RWC squad ready for the tournament.

O’Sullivan is expected to field a mix of front-liners and fringe players against the French Top 14 side. He has already hinted that his perceived ‘First XV’ will get a “hit out” against Italy in Ravenhill on Friday week and that game appears to be a realistic target for Wallace’s comeback.