Munster await date for O'Connell appeal hearing

Munster are waiting for the ERC to decide on a date for an appeal against Paul O’Connell’s four-week ban.

Ireland lock O’Connell was handed the suspension by a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing after he was sent off for striking Ospreys back-rower Jonathan Thomas during Munster’s 22-16 Heineken Cup victory at Thomond Park on December 12.