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International

Jamie Osborne out, 2 other Irish Lions stars fighting to prove fitness

Published: 217 days ago | 10 November 2025 04:51 PST

Jamie Osborne of Ireland, centre, and team-mates, from left, Jack Crowley, Tom Farrell and Tommy O'Brien during the Quilter Nations Series 2025 match between Ireland and Japan at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Ireland’s Jamie Osborne has been ruled out of Saturday’s Autumn international against Australia in Dublin after sustaining a shoulder injury in the weekend win against Japan.

The Leinster back, who started at full-back on Saturday and in the previous week’s defeat to the All Blacks in Chicago, was forced off in the second half of Saturday’s 41-10 win.

The 23-year-old, who had covered for first-choice full-back Hugo Keenan, will also miss the November 22 clash with world champions South Africa in Dublin.

Centre Garry Ringrose and Leinster team-mate Josh van der Flier are both hoping to prove their fitness after respective hamstring strains kept them out against Japan.

Head coach Andy Farrell will announce his squad on Thursday, while wing Mack Hansen (foot) and centre Stuart McCloskey (adductor) have both linked back up with the squad.

Farrell made eight changes against Japan at the weekend and will be hoping his side can build further momentum after the New Zealand defeat with victory over Australia.

The Wallabies are bidding to bounce back from successive defeats. They were surprisingly beaten 26-19 by Italy in Udine on Saturday and lost 25-7 to England at the Allianz Stadium the previous week.

“It doesn’t look good, poor lad – you could see by the way he was holding his arm,” said Farrell about Osborne’s injury on Saturday after the Japan game. “I thought he might have broken something. But it’s the shoulder, we think, that was out of place and back in place now. But to know that for sure we’ll have to get a look at that.”

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TheNotoriousFig 216 days ago

I worry that Joe Schmidt has enough boys and knowledge of most of the Irish starters that this could be a long day at the office. The Aussie team will have a reaction and want to take at least one decent scalp from the Tour.

We need to fly out of the blocks and score early and often. But I don’t see who the fullback is or who starts at 6. Mack has had no game time and I think he plays best with a regular game time, but he’s a Farrell favorite and could be fired up by this fixture. Baird was great against NZ and then pretty average against Japan. Don’t start me on the line out challenges.

We feel a bit light in the ‘row to me but assume Beirne and Ryan go again. I’d much prefer to see VDF go against McReight as well. McCloskey and Farrell in the centres with Crowley at 10.

Front row as against NZ. Presume JGP, Lowe come back in and bench has the Prendergast boys.

I hope it’s a good game.

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