Munster hoping for positive medical bulletin as injuries take gloss off big win

Johann van Graan will be hoping for positive feedback from the Munster medics today on his two frontline tighthead props as he begins preparations for Friday’s Guinness PRO14 trip to Cardiff Blues.

A 49-13 victory over a poor Ospreys side marked a welcome turnaround from the previous week’s defeat in Glasgow and ticked all the boxes for the head coach in terms of performance levels and the re-integration of the province’s internationals. Yet some of the gloss on an otherwise encouraging Friday night in Cork was removed by late injuries to both John Ryan and Stephen Archer.