Determined Mike Sherry targets Irish return

After a couple of months of the 2013/14 season, Mike Sherry looked a very sound bet to challenge Rory Best for Ireland’s number 2 jersey. He had more than 70 impressive appearances for Munster under his belt, along with an Irish cap.

At 6 ft 1 inch and 16 stone 9 lbs, he had the required physique for the job: a strong ball carrier blessed with buckets of pace and guts and comfortable with finding his jumpers at lineout time.

However, Sherry’s career came to a crashing halt in November 2013, when he sustained knee and shoulder injuries that necessitated a succession of operations and kept him out of the game up to a few weeks ago.