Felipe Contepomi stresses importance of the long game for injured Harry Byrne

Leinster's Harry Byrne leaves the field against Zebre due to an injury. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Felipe Contepomi is confident that Harry Byrne’s latest injury setback will prove to be nothing more than a minor setback in the out-half’s projected journey to the top.

Byrne has been remarkably unfortunate in the last year or so with a succession of seemingly minor but frustrating issues preventing him from moving forward. None more so than the back issue suffered in the warm-up away to Northampton last December.