Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Ireland suffer Leamy injury blow

Denis Leamy
Denis Leamy has won 41 international caps with Ireland

Ireland and Munster forward Denis Leamy has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury at the weekend.

The 28-year-old back row player sustained the injury in the dying seconds of Munster's 37-14 win over Perpignan in the Heineken Cup.

Leamy was operated on in a Dublin clinic on Tuesday.

He will miss Ireland's Six Nations campaign and Munster's bid to secure a third Heineken Cup triumph.

Leamy picked up the injury in the last play of Sunday's game at Perpignan, in which Doug Howlett scored a try to clinch a bonus point for the Irish province.

The victory took Munster back to the top of Heineken Cup Pool One.

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