Fit-again Zebo all set to face Glasgow

Rob Penney has given Simon Zebo the all-clear for Munster’s RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final trip to Glasgow on Friday night.

Zebo hobbled out of the dismal 19-17 home defeat to Ulster on Saturday with an ankle knock but it isn’t serious enough to keep him out of the team which will named tomorrow at lunchtime.

“Zeeb’s had a bit of an ankle issue but he’s okay,” Penney said yesterday. “We’re pretty much just the same, a stable squad. Denis Hurley’s got a bit of an Achilles’ (tendon injury) and he’s definitely out.”

Lock Donnacha Ryan’s will see a specialist over his season-ending foot injury while prop Stephen Archer’s neck issues have ruled him out of any Ireland summer tours.

Scrum-half Cathal Sheridan is still recovering from a broken bone in the arm but if Munster become the first side to win an away Celtic League semi-final, he has a chance of making the final, with Penney saying: “He’s potentially available, down the track. He’s right on the cusp of being available.”

Penney also backed fellow Canterbury man Tyler Bleyendaal to make a significant impact when the 23-year-old fly-half/centre joins from the Crusaders for next season.

“I coached him at Canterbury a lot,” Penney said of New Zealand’s 2010 U20 world championship-winning captain. “He’s a great young man. He’s got a lot of talent and he’s a good acquisition.”