Ireland number eight CJ Stander has been ruled out for four weeks after suffering a facial injury during Saturday’s defeat to England and will miss the games against Scotland and Italy. Keith Earls suffered a hip pointer injury “and will be managed across the early part of the week,” according to a medical update from Carton House. Devin Toner suffered a recurrence of an ankle injury sustained in December that sidelined him for several weeks. He rolled the joint against England and was replaced by Quinn Roux after 56-minutes. Ireland are due to train at Carton House on Monday afternoon.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 13:30 UTC