Booth suffered his injury when winning a turnover at a ruck on in the Italian match. It was a significant and alarming toll, one that the IRFU recognised in curtailing the match minutes permitted for squad members this season. Six Irish players have returned home, another six, David Hawkshaw, Harry Byrne, Conor Phillips, Brian Deeny, Martin Molony and Scott Penny would have been in Argentina but for injuries. It’s the third meeting this season with Ireland having won the previous two, in the Six Nations and the opening pool match in Argentina. The last 20 minutes in the Italy game you could see the physical toll on both teams.

Source: The Irish Times June 14, 2019 05:48 UTC