Following an MRI scan today, it was confirmed to the Ireland medical team that back row Chris Henry suffered a cartilage tear to his right knee while playing last Friday. The injury will require surgery and will rule Henry out of playing for approximately four weeks.
Munster back row Tommy O’Donnell has been called into the squad as cover for this week after making an appearance for the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds at the end of January.
Connacht centre Dave McSharry is also unavailable this week as he is still suffering from a niggling groin injury and so Ian Madigan has been called into the Irish camp.
Ireland Squad (30):
Rory Best
Darren Cave
Tom Court
Sean Cronin
James Coughlan
Keith Earls
Luke Fitzgerald
Declan Fitzpatrick
Craig Gilroy
Robin Henshaw
Jamie Heaslip
Iain Henderson
Paddy Jackson
Rob Kearney
David Kilcoyne
Ian Madigan
Luke Marshall
Fergus McFadden
Conor Murray
Sean O’Brien
Donncha O’Callaghan
Tommy O’Donnell
Brian O’Driscoll
Ronan O’Gara
Peter O’Mahony
Eoin Reddan
Mike Ross
Donnacha Ryan
Lewis Stevenson
Devin Toner
