'Fingers crossed': Ireland to keep a close eye on injured star
REACTION: Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will be hoping that the foot injury Dan Sheehan suffered against England on Saturday is not a serious one.
The hooker had to leave the field in the 29-10 win in Dublin and the Ireland camp is set to get more information on the injury on Sunday.
“Dan had a bit of a sore foot,” Farrell said in an interview with RTE Sport.
“We’ll get him checked out and see how that is, so hopefully it’s fingers crossed.
“Dan’s lost a bit of power in his foot. It seems to be the same old story, doesn’t it?
“We won’t know until we get it looked at, scanned or whatever, so we’ll probably know more in the morning [Sunday].”
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Despite the victory on Saturday, Farrell knows that his side could have been a lot better at Lansdowne Road.
“It was a bit stop-start in the first half. Fair play to England, they’ve got a very good line-out defence and we couldn’t get our game going probably because of that,” said Farrell.
“At the same time, I was very pleased with how we found our rhythm back into our line-outs and the rest of our game started to flow on the back of that.
“[We scored] five tries at home and we missed a few kicks at goal. I know that didn’t justify it on the scoreboard but it was very satisfying to get five tries and a win before we go to France.”
Sources: RTE Sport & BBC
