Rival coaches await medical updates ahead of H-Cup

Munster head coach Rob Penney expects to have to wait a further 24 hours before he learns if captain Peter O’Mahony will be fit to face Edinburgh in the province’s Heineken Cup pool opener at Murrayfield on Saturday.

With opposite number at Leinster Matt O’Connor waiting on an assessment of Brian O’Driscoll’s calf strain, the rivals from Saturday night’s inter-provincial derby at Thomond Park have some major concerns about the imminent start of their respective European campaigns.

O’Mahony was taken off at half-time in his side’s 19-15 RaboDirect Pro12 victory over their fierce rivals having suffered an accidental knee to the head during the latter stages of the opening period in Limerick.