Luckless Sherry still has dad’s two caps in sights

When Mike Sherry won a cap on the tour of the United States and Canada in 2013, it looked a near certainty that he would soon challenge for a regular place in the middle of the Ireland front row.

However, a series of serious injuries put paid to those aspirations leaving Sherry, now 29, battling to prolong his rugby career.

He has never abandoned those Ireland dreams though and and will be boosted by a start for Munster in the Guinness PRO14 at Thomond Park on Saturday — his 100th appearance in the red jersey.