Zebo recovery gathering pace

Munster star Simon Zebo will tomorrow take another step towards proving his fitness for Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Harlequins at The Stoop.

The Ireland wing broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in the opening minutes of the Six Nations game with England on February 10 and was not initially pencilled in for a return to action until Munster’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Leinster at Thomond Park on April 13.

The Cork flyer returned to training last week, however, and after coming through yesterday’s session he will be asked to work flat out in Cork tomorrow ahead of Rob Penney’s team selection for the clash with the English Premiership champions and Heineken Cup top seeds in Twickenham.