Butler injury may add to Munster’s woes

MUNSTER will be anxiously awaiting news of Paddy Butler’s fitness after the backrower injured his shoulder in Shannon’s Ulster Bank League loss to Blackrock on Saturday.

Butler would be the natural choice for Tony McGahan to call on to replace long-term injury victim Denis Leamy, but he left the field after less than five minutes at Stradbrook clutching the same shoulder he has previously injured.

A Shannon spokesperson said Butler would undergo a scan today to determine the extent of the injury.