Mike Sherry glad to be back after injury nightmare

Twenty-one months out of rugby was a long, lonely time for Mike Sherry.

In that time, Sherry endured three knee operations and one shoulder surgery, watched rival Damien Varley forced into retirement and then bade farewell to senior second row colleagues Paul O’Connell and Donncha O’Callaghan as they moved onto pastures new.

A lot to take in for sure, but hooker Sherry is glad to be back and has built up from 40 to 60 to 80 minutes of full blown activity over three games that included Munster’s first competitive blow-out of the season, an 18-13 Guinness Pro12 victory over Treviso at Musgrave Park on Saturday.