'It was a rough few weeks' - Hugo Keenan ready to kick on after virus recovery

The Leinster full back endured a tough start to life with the Lions. 

PORTRAIT MODE: Hugo Keenan of British & Irish Lions takes a selfie with a supporter in Adelaide. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Hugo Keenan had every reason to wear the broadest of grins as he faced the media inside the Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

The Ireland full-back had endured a nightmare start to his first British & Irish Lions tour, arriving in Australia still needing to recover from the calf injury that forced him out of Leinster’s URC semi-final and final victories last month. Yet that was just the start of it, Keenan succumbing to a virus that laid him low for a further 12 days and left the 29-year-old Olympian running the risk of having his Lions dream pass him by.