Williams ruled out for Munster
April 23, 2002

Munster's influential flanker Jim Williams has been ruled out of this weekend's Heineken Cup semi-final against Castres with a calf injury.

A scan on Williams' damaged calf yesterday confirmed that he has suffered a muscle tear which definitely rules the former Wallaby out of their crucial euro showdown.

The provincial side hope he will return in time for the Ulster-Munster interprovincial on May 10th, which would constitute a warm-up for the province were they to have reached the Heineken Cup final a fortnight later in Cardiff.

It is expected that Munster will now reunite Alan Quinlan with Anthony Foley and David Wallace in the back row.

Elsewhere, Ronan O'Gara is expected to recover sufficiently from knee and hand injuries to take a full part in training this week, although Paul O'Connell's shoulder injury is causing more concern and hence will require further monitoring during the week.

Although the management and Peter Clohessy have not ruled the veteran prop out of the equation for Saturday's semi-final, Clohessy has hardly trained since the domestic action which resulted in third-degree burns to his arm a fortnight ago.

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