Munster have received a fitness boost ahead of their Guinness Pro14 playoff against Benetton this Saturday.

Conor Murray has returned to training today after being a late withdrawal ahead of their game against Connacht at the weekend.

Head-coach Johann van Graan says the scrum-half felt a 'stiffness' in his neck but he'll be available for this weekend.

“We took him off as a precaution on Saturday before the game, he was assessed by the medical team this morning, just a bit of stiffness, a minor neck injury and he’ll be available to train this afternoon.

“He took a hit. It was on the TV coverage, in the warm-up, he fell backwards. He really wanted to play and we said we’ll go and assess in the changing room. He’s had some issues before but luckily after close examination by the medical team all is good and he’s ready to train.

“It’s great news, fantastic news.”

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Keith Earls and Joey Carbery will step up their recoveries from injury by returning to full training tomorrow and van Graan is hoping they can feature this weekend.

“Both will be into team training for the first time tomorrow afternoon and should they come through that and Thursday’s training they should all be available for selection over the weekend.

“It’s also great news. They haven’t been with the team for a while so they won’t train today but hopefully get into full training tomorrow and then hopefully that goes well.”

Dan Goggin has passed a HIA and will rejoin training this afternoon.

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