Kearney on course to face Waratahs

Rob Kearney is on course to make his first British & Irish Lions start of the 2013 tour when the tourists face the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday.

Kearney has been injured since suffering a slight hamstring tear before Leinster’s RaboDirect Pro12 final against Ulster on May 25 and will have missed the first four games of the Lions tour to Hong Kong and Australia.

The Ireland full-back now looks set to begin a late bid for a Test spot and was set to train with the squad today for the first time on this trip with the players not involved in this morning’s clash with Combined Country in Newcastle.