Potential Lions spot and sister Amy's journey the motivating factors for comeback kid Casey

Casey’s has been a revelation since his first match back at Connacht on March 29, 15 weeks on from the injury which threatened to wreck his season

Munster scrum-half Craig Casey. Pic: James Crombie/Inpho

An ambition to tour with the British & Irish Lions this summer provided the motivation for Craig Casey as he battled back from a serious knee injury for almost four months but it was the harder times being experienced by sister Amy which gave the Munster scrum-half perspective as he progressed through his rehabilitation.

Casey is set to continue his comeback from the meniscus surgery he underwent last December when he spearheads Munster’s bid for the end-of-season URC play-offs against the Bulls at Thomond Park on Saturday evening, his 26th birthday.