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Flannery makes Munster squad
ESPNscrum Staff
October 12, 2010
Munster's Jerry Flannery charges forward as Euan Murray is blocked off, Munster v Northampton Saints, Heineken Cup, Thomond Park, Limerick, Rep. of Ireland, April 10, 2010
Jerry Flannery has been named in the Munster squad © Getty Images
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Jerry Flannery has been included in Munster's squad to face Toulon at Thomond Park on Saturday, ending a long spell in the injury wilderness for the Ireland hooker.

Flannery put in 40 minutes for All-Ireland League side Shannon last weekend, his first action since Ireland's June loss to the Barbarians in Limerick. Since then he has struggled with a calf injury that proved to be difficult to pin down.

"My last game was the Barbarians match, so that was the bones of four months ago," he told The Limerick Leader. "I was delighted to get onto the field and very grateful to Shannon for giving me the opportunity to get some rugby.

"What it came down to was that a nerve was getting pinched in my back. That was why I kept tearing my calf. We didn't figure this out for a while. The feeling was 'this is a calf injury; it shouldn't be dragging on this long'. So that is why I got the anti-inflammatory injections in the spine. It was help to soothe and nerve and fix things. It has worked so far."

Munster suffered a narrow defeat to London Irish in their opening European fixture while Toulon edged out the Ospreys on their home track at the Stade Mayol.

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