Munster's Casey, Kleyn and O'Donoghue step up recoveries ahead of Glasgow trip

RETURN NEAR: Craig Casey passes to Ryan Baird during an Ireland Rugby squad training session at the IRFU High Performance Centre. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Munster frontliners Craig Casey, Jean Kleyn and Jack O’Donoghue are all nearing returns from injury but their availability for this Friday’s return to URC action at defending champions Glasgow Warriors appears unlikely.

Wednesday’s news that the trio are “increasing their training exposures” is undoubtedly a boost as Ian Costello’s side face into a critical few weeks with just six matches of the URC regular season and a Champions Cup Round of 16 trip to La Rochelle on the horizon.