Revived and ready, Horan back for more heroics

MUNSTER’S Marcus Horan last night revealed the physical and mental anguish he endured before being successfully treated for an irregular heartbeat which threatened his career.

The Irish international admitted that he had been troubled for the past four seasons by worrying symptoms which confounded medical experts.

The issue came to a head last October when he was forced to retire midway through the first half of Munster’s Heineken Cup victory over Treviso. Crucially the province’s doctor Tadhg O’Sullivan reacted quickly and soon discovered the cause of Horan’s problems.