Rob Kearney will not face surgery on back problem

Rob Kearney will not require surgery on the back problem which has plagued him for over a decade and compromised his current campaign with Leinster and Ireland.

The full-back’s last appearance came in Ireland’s Six Nations defeat to England in Twickenham in late February due to a succession of hamstring injuries which stem from a lower back issue.

Surgery four years ago shaved away a portion of a disc to ease pressure on a nerve and the sciatica that ran down his leg.