The news that Dan Leavy’s season is over less than four months into his comeback is a desperately disappointing blow for the man himself, as well as for Leinster and Ireland. There was some positive news in Leinster’s missive, with Rory O’Loughlin and Tommy O’Brien having returned to training following shoulder and ankle injuries and are available this week. Michael Bent and Scott Penny have also returned to training after neck injuries but both will require further assessment this week. The Irish head coach had expressed the belief that Stockdale would have recovered from the knee injury which ruled him out of Ireland’s opening two games of the Six Nations but that seems less likely now. It’s likely that Tom O’Toole and Stuart McCloskey will be released back to the province for Friday’s game.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2021 15:00 UTC