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Two internationals back for Munster but no sign yet of Conor Murray
By Liam Heagney
This Friday’s Munster mission in France has been boosted by the return to fitness of two Ireland players, but Conor Murray’s injury means he is still on the list of absentees. The Irish province opened their latest Investec Champions Cup campaign with a 33-7, bonus point win over Stade Francais in Limerick last Saturday.
They now travel to take on Castres on match day two and they will do so with props Oli Jager and David Kilcoyne back in the mix following their recent injury lay-offs.
Jager hasn’t featured since the October 5 URC win over Ospreys while Kilcoyne was last involved nearly a year ago following shoulder surgery that was compounded by a pre-season ankle issue.
Scrum-half Murray was last involved with Ireland off their November 23 bench against Fiji but hasn’t played since then.
A statement read: “The Munster squad have started preparations at the HPC ahead of Friday’s Investec Champions Cup round two clash against Castres at Stade Pierre-Fabre. There are no fresh injury concerns following the weekend’s bonus-point win over Stade Francais with Calvin Nash and Shane Daly both passing their respective HIAs.
"There is good news for Oli Jager (neck) and Dave Kilcoyne (ankle) as they both return to full team training with a view to return to play this week.
“Jean Kleyn (neck) is progressing well with his return to play but remains unavailable. Conor Murray is unavailable due to an elbow injury but is expected to return to play in the coming weeks.”
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