Connacht facing crisis as key duo out for months

Connacht have been rocked by a massive double injury blow with news that flanker Jake Heenan and hooker Sean Henry are both expected to miss most of the season.

Heenan missed the last four months of last season with a dislocated shoulder and is now expected to miss the next four to five months with a recurrence of the same injury, sustained in his first competitive action back, against Dragons. Henry also missed the second half of last season after he underwent surgery on a neck disc injury, but is expected to be ruled out for the rest of the season because of a suspected cruciate ligament knee injury sustained in a collapsed scrum.

Sligo native Heenan was due to undergo a scan last night, but according to Pat Lam, the early signs were that he had indeed ruptured his ACL in Friday’s win against Edinburgh — just his second game back.