By Charlie MulqueenSix Nations Grand Slam hero Keith Earls has joined Munster’s ever-increasing injury list. Earls returns to Limerick today and will see a consultant with regard to the damage to his knee that caused him to miss the dying minutes of Saturday’s win over England. However, head coach Johann van Graan spoke to the player on Saturday night and reported today that there is grave concern about his availability in the near future. Bleyendaal will be out of action for another four months while scrum-half Duncan Williams suffered a nasty facial injury in training and has been ruled out for at least six to eight weeks. And the injury list doesn’t stop there with van Graan also placing doubts about the immediate future concerning a whole host of others including Rory Scannell, Alex Wootton, Andrew Conway, Simon Zebo, Ronan O’Mahony and Jean Klein.

Source: Evening echo March 19, 2018 14:03 UTC