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Mon 08 Aug 2007Horgan begins race against timeRUGBY/World Cup Squad:  Candlelit vigils will, hopefully, not be necessary for Shane Horgan in his latest race against time to return from injury. But a grade-two ligament tear, with a projected four-week recovery, is a prognosis he would have accepted on Saturday night.Encouragingly, Horgan has a history of injuries like these and has proven that when presented with a deadline for recovering, few are more focused or have more powers of recuperation.