Emerging openings in green give Wycherley hope for season in red

The Bantry-born loosehead prop is ready for the next step in his career.

Sticking to the routune: Josh Wycherley during a Munster Rugby squad training session at the University of Limerick in Limerick.
Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

As a boost on the eve of a new season, the sight of 10 Munster names on the Emerging Ireland squad list earlier this week will have done wonders for collective spirits at the High Performance Centre.

It certainly ticks an early box for newly arrived defence coach Denis Leamy who targeted greater representative involvement for his players just 24 hours before the IRFU revealed the Irish management’s selection for the three-game trip to play South African Currie Cup teams later this month.