Varley Heading Down Under

Damien Varley will spend today packing his bags ahead of departure tomorrow evening for New Zealand after being called into the squad to replace the injured Jerry Flannery.

Flannery suffered a tear of his left calf during Ireland Squad training yesterday morning in Auckland. An MRI scan has confirmed the severity of the tear which will require four to six weeks rehabilitation before he is able to return to playing.

Varley was named in the Munster squad yesterday for Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Scarlets in Musgrave Park.

He'll travel to Dublin in the morning and fly out to New Zealand tomorrow evening