Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher out for All Blacks’ visit
will have to plan without his two leading hookers, Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher, for Ireland’s upcoming game againston Friday, November 8th at the Aviva Stadium and quite possibly one or more of the ensuing Autumn Nations Series games against Argentina, Fiji and Australia.
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Herring suffered a calf injury in preseason and is believed to be in a race against time to be fit for the November window. Furthermore, his backup at Ulster last season and Ireland’s fourth choice hooker Tom Stewart, who won his first cap in the World Cup warm-up win over Samoa in Bayonne last year, underwent a leg operation during the summer and is not expected to return until December.
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