Penney confident Murray will be fit to face Gloucester

Munster head coach Rob Penney is cautiously optimistic Conor Murray will be fit for Munster’s Heineken Cup clash with Gloucester at Kingsholm – and the Lions and Ireland scrum-half’s housemate Mike Sherry is also confident the Limerick native answer the province’s call at 6pm on Saturday.

“There always was a chance for Conor”, said Penney. “Hopefully the work the medical team has been doing will come to fruition.”

Sherry has been watching Murray’s rehab from the closest possible quarters and says all “the running and jumping and hopping over chairs and exercises are sure to have the desired result.