Back injury could sideline Byrne for lengthy spell

Wales international Lee Byrne could face a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to a back injury.

The Clermont Auvergne full-back was hurt just before half-time of his team’s Heineken Cup victory over Leinster in Dublin on Saturday.

The French club, on their official website, said 32-year-old Byrne had “suffered a fractured right pedicle of the fifth lumbar vertebra”.