It has taken far longer than he ever expected, but Robbie Henshaw’s return to fitness has been timed well. Injured in a training collision the week after he started against England in the opening Six Nations defeat, Henshaw expected to shake off the quad injury in a week or so. Yet, the internal bleeding continued for two weeks and forced him to fly to London to seek clarity from a specialist. He was told that the injury was so rare, only three or four other professional sportspeople had suffered the same — one an Aussie Rules player and another an Ice Hockey star. “This was the case and there had only been three or four other ones that they’ve seen in the world.

Source: Irish Examiner April 03, 2019 23:03 UTC