Sherry has time on his side in effort to overhaul host of hooker legends

MIKE SHERRY reels off all the names he must leapfrog to achieve his ultimate ambition of becoming Ireland’s first choice hooker.

First, he has to command the place at Munster. But it won’t be easy given that Jerry Flannery, Damien Varley and Denis Fogarty are ahead of him in the pecking order. Even then, there would be the little matter of edging clear of the likes of Rory Best and Sean Cronin, not to mention the soon-to-be-Ireland-qualified Richardt Strauss, who has starred in Leinster’s great run of success.

However, Sherry has at least two advantages over most of the others. At 22, he has time very much on his side while his potential is so massive he has been handed a full two-year contract with Munster, starting in July.