Ireland are hopeful that tighthead Tadhg Furlong will be fit to feature before the end of the Six Nations:
IRELAND SECOND ROW Tadhg Beirne will be sidelined for up to three months after undergoing surgery on the ankle injury he suffered against France last weekend.
Munster man Beirne will now be in a race to make it back for his province before the end of the season, which concludes with the URC final on 27 May. Losing Beirne is an obvious blow to the province’s hopes of advancing in the league and the Champions Cup. There was some positive injury news from Ireland camp, with Sexton continuing to rehab the groin injury he suffered against France. The hope is that the 37-year-old will be ready to return to team training next week.
Tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong [calf], scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park [hamstring], Cian Healy [hamstring], and Robbie Henshaw [wrist] are not formally part of Ireland’s 25-man squad this week but they are at the IRFU’s high performance centre as they continue their rehab.
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