Euro doubts for Murray as O’Brien boosts Blues

÷MUNSTER say it is too soon to tell if Conor Murray will recover from his neck injury in time to feature in their European Champions Cup pool openers next month. The province are still waiting on a work permit for All Black scrum-half Alby Mathewson, brought in on a short term deal to cover for Murray but the province confirmed that Keith Earls, Niall Scannell, Billy Holland and Kevin O’Byrne have all returned to training. And, in the wake of their 37-13 hammering in Cardiff last Friday, there was some positive news on the progress of out-half Tyler Bleyendaal, out since February with a neck issue, who was described as being ‘there or thereabouts’ in terms of a return to full contact. ÷SEAN O’BRIEN is in the mix for Leinster’s trip to Galway to face Connacht on Saturday, with the flanker set to take a full part in training this week. The Tullow man has been out of action since injuring his shoulder last April in an injury comeback game against Treviso. However, fellow internationals James Ryan and Dan Leavy are doubts for the Sportsground clash after sustaining head knocks during last weekend’s win over Edinburgh. November Series against USA and England. Griggs has picked six uncapped players and three development players. The six uncapped players are Munster’s Enya Breen and Laura Sheehan, Leinster’s Emma Hoban, Ellen Murphy and Juliet Short along with Lauren Delany who qualified through an IQ Rugby screening day.