Munster caution has paid off with Edogbo now ready to roll

Munster have eased Edwin Edogbo's big frame back to full match sharpness with judicious caution.

Edwin Edogbo during an Ireland Rugby squad training session at The Campus in Quinta do Lago, Portugal. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Eight months ago, as he was sucking diesel in a Munster A jersey in his first game back from a second serious Achilles’ tendon injury, Edwin Edogbo would not have believed anyone who told him he would be preparing for a potential Guinness Six Nations debut this week.

Yet here the 23-year-old from Cobh sits, in a meeting room at The Campus, Ireland’s training base at Quinta do Lago on Portugal’s Algarve, as a full squad member vying for selection to face the defending champions France in Paris next Thursday night.