Munster duo left out in the cold

THE bad news keeps getting worse for Tomás O’Leary and Tony Buckley.

A week after being left out of the Munster starting line-up for the province’s do-or-die Heineken Cup clash in Toulon, the pair were yesterday omitted from Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations squad.

Coach Declan Kidney named a 32-man squad for the 2011 Championship, which begins for Ireland in Rome against Italy on February 6, calling up one uncapped player in Connacht lock/back row Mike McCarthy, while Leinster back Luke Fitzgerald and Ulster hooker Rory Best return having suffered injuries during the November internationals.