<span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'>TheMunster senior squad returned to the High Performance Centre inLimerick on Monday for their first training session at the HPCsince March.</span></span></span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='color:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>Lastweek saw the first phase of PCR testing for senior players and highperformance staff produce zero positiveresults.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><span style='color:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>Dailytemperature checks are one of the mandatory protocols that allplayers and staff must undergo to access the High PerformanceCentre. A DAMOC Thermo Check has been installed, a contactless andaccurate method of temperaturemeasurement</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span></span><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'><span style='color:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>Thedevice will provide a body temperature reading within 2 seconds andwill immediately flag highreadings.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br> <span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>On theplayer front, Chris Cloete and CJ Stander returned to Ireland fromSouth Africa at the weekend and both players are currentlyself-isolating for the required 14-dayperiod.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>Themajority of the Greencore Munster Rugby Academy squad have notreturned to training to limit the number of people working in theHPC.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>However,Academy quartet Thomas Ahern (lock), Jake Flannery(out-half/full-back), James French (prop) and Ben Healy (out-half)are training with the senior players during this initialphase.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>On theinjury front, the folllowing update was issued on the return to theHPC:<br><br>John Ryan has undergone a minor operation on his shoulder and hasalready begun his rehabperiod.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='color:#454a6b'><span style='font-size:inherit'><span style='font-weight:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>TadhgBeirne (ankle) is continuing to rehab well while new signing Damiande Allende, Keith Earls and Calvin Nash have short-term injuries.All four players are expected to recover ahead of the proposedAugust fixtures.<br><br><span style='color:inherit'><span style='line-height:inherit'><span style='text-decoration:inherit'>JoeyCarbery (wrist/ankle) is also continuing to rehab well and theout-half is expected to make a return to action inSeptember.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
