Ireland will be without James Ryan and Garry Ringrose for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England in Dublin. The pair have both dropped out of the Ireland squad due to injuries sustained in Sunday’s 27-24 win over Scotland.
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Ryan was removed with head injury in Murrayfield as the game entered the final 10 minutes, while Ringrose finished the game limping after taking a bang to the ankle.
And the IRFU have today confirmed that both players will be unavailable this weekend and have dropped out of the Ireland squad as a result.
Ben Foden Mic’d Up at training with Rugby United New York | MLR
Ben Foden Mic’d Up at training with Rugby United New York | MLR
Both players will have their recoveries managed by Leinster ahead of the province’s Champions Cup meeting with Toulon, which comes just one week after the final round of Six Nations fixtures.
Ryan’s injury will be of particular concern, having also missed Ireland’s round two defeat to France with a head injury.
In better news for Andy Farrell, Peter O’Mahony is back in the squad having completed a three-game suspension following his red card in the opening round defeat to Wales in Cardiff.
Meanwhile prop Tom O’Toole will remain with Ulster after picking up a knock last week. Connacht’s Finlay Bealham will stay with the squad having provided additional injury cover in Murrayfield.
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Ireland head into Saturday’s fixture on the back of two wins from four in the Six Nations. They haven’t beaten England since 2018, losing four games on the bounce to Eddie Jones’ side.
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Forwards Ryan Baird (Leinster) 2 caps Finlay Bealham (Connacht) 14 caps Tadhg Beirne (Munster) 21 caps Ed Byrne (Leinster) 4 caps Jack Conan (Leinster) 19 caps Will Connors (Leinster) 9 caps Ultan Dillane (Connacht) 18 caps Tadhg Furlong (Leinster) 48 caps Cian Healy (Leinster) 108 caps Dave Heffernan (Connacht) 5 caps Iain Henderson (Ulster) 62 caps Rob Herring (Ulster) 20 caps Ronan Kelleher (Leinster) 10 caps Dave Kilcoyne (Munster) 42 caps Peter O’Mahony (Munster) 74 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster) 35 caps Rhys Ruddock (Leinster) 27 caps CJ Stander (Munster) 50 caps Josh van der Flier (Leinster) 30 caps
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