Injury forces Dowling to call time on career

MUNSTER winger Ian Dowling has been forced to retire due to a hip injury. Dowling told his team-mates before yesterday’s training at CIT and admitted afterwards he was “gutted” to be ending his career.

“It’s been a fabulous experience,” he said.

“I’ve made some great friends and take with me really great memories, the two Heineken Cup wins obviously the highlights. But besides that, I’ve had wonderful times with Munster.