O’Leary will get every chance

TOMÁS O’LEARY will be given “every chance” to prove his fitness to face France in tomorrow’s must-win Six Nations game against France.

The Ireland scrum-half has been unable to train at all this week after suffering a back spasm during last Saturday’s championship opener against Italy and the Irish management called in his Munster team-mate Peter Stringer on Thursday night as precautionary cover, with Leinster’s Eoin Reddan set to start if O’Leary isn’t fit.

Yet Ireland backs coach Alan Gaffney said: “We’ll give him every chance, every chance we can; just assess it tomorrow with the medical staff and then they’ll advise Deccie where they think it sits and then we’ll make the decision,” Gaffney said.