Tadhg Furlong has been dominated out of Eire’s opening Six Nations match in opposition to England as a result of harm.
The 32-year-old Leinster prop will sit out Saturday’s sport on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin after struggling a recurrence of a calf downside throughout coaching in Portugal.
Furlong has returned to Dublin for additional evaluation.
The tight-head missed all 4 of Eire’s November fixtures as a result of a hamstring concern and solely returned for Leinster within the win over La Rochelle three weeks in the past earlier than sitting out the win in opposition to Bathtub.
Uncapped Jack Aungier has been known as as much as the squad as a alternative, however it’s his Connacht team-mate Finlay Bealham who would seem almost definitely to begin in Furlong’s place in opposition to England.
Marcus Smith’s last-gasp drop purpose handed England a 23-22 victory over Eire at Twickenham final 12 months, within the course of ending a run of 4 successive defeats by them.
There was additionally some constructive information for Eire over the weekend as hooker Dan Sheehan was named participant of the match as he scored two tries on his comeback from an ACL harm for Leinster on Saturday.
Sheehan joined the Eire squad in Portugal on Sunday, together with winger James Lowe, who additionally got here by way of his return from harm unscathed.
- February 1: England (h)
- February 9: Scotland (a)
- February 22: Wales (a)
- March 8: France (h)
- March 15: Italy (a)
