Slow but sure approach the timeline for Joey Carbery's return to No 10 jersey

Johann van Graan says Carbery is currently in “fantastic physical form”

Joey Carbery at Munster Rugby training on Tuesday. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Munster may be facing into the season-defining months of the 2020-21 campaign but that does not mean they are set to rush Joey Carbery back into the number 10 jersey sooner than absolutely necessary.

The good news for Johann van Graan is that Carbery, just 16 minutes into his comeback from the ankle injury that hampered the Ireland fly-half since August 2019 and sidelined him from January 2020 until last Friday, is fully on board with the patient approach.