Tadhg Beirne and Dave Kilcoyne major doubts for Exeter clash

Munster look likely to be missing the Ireland internationals in addition to Andrew Conway and potentially Gavin Coombes for this Saturday’s European Cup clash with Exeter

2 April 2022; Gavin Coombes of Munster receives treatment during the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Leinster at Thomond Park in Limerick. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Munster look likely to be missing Ireland internationals Tadhg Beirne and Dave Kilcoyne in addition to Andrew Conway for this Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 first leg away to Exeter Chiefs, Johann van Graan has admitted.

The Test trio all missed Munster’s home United Rugby Championship loss to Leinster on Saturday night having been injured on Six Nations duty with the national side. Yet while wing Conway’s knee problem had already looked set to sideline him for both legs of the aggregate knockout tie, which will conclude at Thomond Park on April 16, head coach van Graan said he was “pretty worried” about British & Irish Lions lock/flanker Beirne and loosehead prop Kilcoyne.