O'Kelly expected to recover

Malcolm O’Kelly is expected to be fit for the British & Irish Lions’ first game in New Zealand as he continued to recover from an abdominal muscle strain.

Malcolm O’Kelly is expected to be fit for the British & Irish Lions’ first game in New Zealand as he continued to recover from an abdominal muscle strain.

The Irish lock was withdrawn from the Lions’ Zurich Test against Argentina tomorrow but the team’s medics expect the injury to take about a week to recover.

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