Farrell, the centre, has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations BRYAN KEANE/INPHOOn the day Chris Farrell became the latest Ireland player to be ruled out of the remaining games of this year’s Six Nations, Joe Schmidt unexpectedly delivered good news by confirming that Seán O’Brien would be available for the tournament finale against England at Twickenham. O’Brien has been recovering from hip injury and was ruled out of Leinster’s Pro14 match against Scarlets this Saturday. He is also out of Saturday week’s home match against Scotland, but Schmidt suggested that he would happily use the flanker against England even if he had completed just one training session beforehand. Schmidt is hopeful that O’Brien will return for Twickenham JAMES CROMBIE/INPHO“I plan to chat with Seán tomorrow and see how he is tracking so we can make a plan,” the Ireland coach said. “That plan doesn’t include him…

Source: The Times February 28, 2018 00:00 UTC