Second row James Ryan remains a doubt for the quarter-final.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Paris IRELAND REMAIN OPTIMISTIC about their injury situation ahead of this weekend’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand, even if James Ryan could miss out on taking his place on the bench.
Right wing Mack Hansen picked up a calf injury in last weekend’s win over Scotland and he sat out training in Paris today. Advertisement 36-year-old Earls is recovering well from a hamstring strain that meant he wasn’t available for the Scotland match and he trained with Ireland today.Centre Robbie Henshaw also trained today as his hamstring issue improves quicker than initially expected and he may even come into contention to feature on the bench this weekend. If the quarter-final comes too soon for Henshaw, it’s thought Ireland believe he could be involved in a potential semi-final.
Ryan played through obvious pain to finish the game against the Scots and while Ireland issued a relatively optimistic update on the Leinster man yesterday, saying he has not been ruled out of the All Blacks clash, he is a clear doubt. Baird started in the second row for Ireland’s Grand Slam-clinching win over England earlier this year but he has been playing at blindside flanker recently. Four-times capped McCarthy has made a big impression behind the scenes with Ireland at this World Cup and Farrell name-checked him last week ahead of the Scotland game. 15-times capped Baird certainly has the greater experience in high-stakes situations.
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