Van der Linde out of Murrayfield showdown

LEINSTER’S World Cup winning prop CJ van der Linde has been ruled out of this month’s Heineken Cup final against Leicester Tigers at Murrayfield.

The former Springbok has seen his first season in Dublin severely curtailed by a persistent toe injury which ruled him out of last weekend’s win over Munster and coach Micheal Cheika confirmed the bad news yesterday.

“We have decided to just get him right and ready for next season. We made a plan and we tried to get him back for the semi-final, so we knew that the day when he went into light work would be the test for him.