Zebo touch and go for Toulon as injuries mount

Munster 19 Scarlets 7: Tommy O’Donnell and Rory Scannell were the latest Munster players to check into the province’s treatment room as head coach Johann van Graan admitted both Simon Zebo and Andrew Conway have only 50/50 chances of facing Toulon next Saturday.

The injury list continues to rise as a Champions Cup quarter-final with the three-time European champions looms but, along with the growing casualty list, there is encouraging evidence of resilience, work ethic, and a determination to overcome the current problems.

Saturday night’s PRO14 defeat of defending champions Scarlets had elements of all three as Munster overcame a shaky start to eventually overpower a much-vaunted breakdown threat from west Wales and render a terrible refereeing display from Marius Mitrea irrelevant with tries from James Hart, Robin Copeland, and Alex Wootton to cancel out visiting scrum-half Aled Davies’ seventh-minute opener.