Cheika faces wait on injured stars ahead of ‘huge’ derby date

COACH Michael Cheika faces an anxious injury wait as he prepares Leinster for what could be his last game in charge before departing to France next season.

Already, Cheika has lost captain Leo Cullen for Saturday’s Magners League semi-final against old rivals Munster at the RDS, and he is not too happy at the prospect of Gordon D’Arcy, Shaun Berne and Sean O’Brien all having to follow the skipper out of the team.

Berne and O’Brien are given little chance of playing any role, D’Arcy is a doubt and the only hugely positive note yesterday was that Irish out-half Jonathan Sexton should be fit.