Ryan injury woe adds to Foley’s frustrations

Anthony Foley’s first year as Munster head coach seems to be lurching from one crisis to another.

Yesterday’s news that international second-row Donnacha Ryan will miss at least the next four months looks sure to be followed with an announcement that Keith Earls will be joining the growing list of long-term injury victims with a knee problem.

Throw in the unavailability of the much heralded New Zealand signing Tyler Bleyendall until after Christmas and you could hardly blame Foley for believing that the rugby gods were conspiring against him.