Reporting by Simon Lewis
Conor Murray, Keith Earls and Joey Carbery are all set to return to training to give Munster a massive boost to their Guinness PRO14 play-off hopes.
Munster, second in Conference A, host Benetton at Thomond Park on Saturday in the league quarter-finals with a semi-final trip to defending champions Leinster up for grabs on the weekend of May 17-18 and the return of the Ireland Test backline trio to selection contention this week will give head coach Johann van Graan extra impetus to the province’s bid for a first trophy since 2011.
Scrum-half Murray was withdrawn with a stiff neck after receiving a knock during a breakdown drill prior to kick-off against Connacht last Saturday. Earls had been due to start on the wing against Cardiff Blues in Cork on April 5 while fly-half Carbery has not played since succumbing to a hamstring injury during the European quarter-final win at Edinburgh on March 30.
Head coach van Graan gave a positive update on all three on Monday as the Munster squad reconvened to prepare for their knockout game with the Treviso side.
