That changed in November of 2024 when he suffered a wrist injury playing for Ireland and had to sit out six weeks. Hugo Keenan is an ambassador for Inishella“Any rugby player is going to pick up little injury stints here and there. “So sometimes it just comes in a little bit of a phase, or whatever. I went from my wrist injury, having broken that in that Australia game in the autumn series last year into this hip. There's been a little bit but, no, I'm fortunate that my body's been holding up pretty well.”Keenan knows plenty of people who didn’t return to the pro game after injuries.

Source: Irish Examiner January 22, 2026 03:08 UTC