Injured Chris Cloete will be a ‘massive loss’ to Munster

The openside flanker has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

Johann van Graan has acknowledged the “massive loss” of Chris Cloete to the Munster cause after the openside flanker was ruled out for the rest of the season following surgery on a forearm fracture, writes Simon Lewis.

Cloete suffered the break during Munster’s Guinness PRO14 victory over Glasgow Warriors in Cork on Friday night and underwent surgery the next morning, with head coach van Graan confirming yesterday that the back-rower’s season looked to be at an end.