Johann van Graan has strongly intimated that his captain Peter O’Mahony may not be risked for Munster’s concluding game of their regular URC season against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium next Saturday (kick-off 7.15pm).
O’Mahony has been in talismanic, leader-from-the-front form of late, which is all the more remarkable as he has clearly been playing through the pain barrier.
He suffered a deep laceration to his thigh in the defeat by Leinster six weeks ago, missed the Champions Cup Round of 16 first leg against Exeter with a hamstring problem and was unable to finish the second leg against Exeter and the quarter-final against Toulouse due to repeated stingers in his shoulder.
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- May 18, 2022
