Ireland suffer big injury blow ahead of Bok Test
TEAM UPDATE: Andy Farrell has been forced to tweak his Ireland matchday squad a day before his team’s Test against the Springboks.
Ireland revealed on Friday that centre Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of the game through injury.
Henshaw’s spot in the midfield will be taken by Ulster’s Stuart McCloskey, who was originally named on the bench,
Leinster’s Jimmy O’Brien will take over McCloskey’s place on the bench.
O’Brien was originally named in the Ireland ‘A’ starting team to face the All Blacks XV on Friday.
Ireland-revised: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Mack Hansen, 10 Johnny Sexton (captain), 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter.
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jimmy O’Brien.
Date: Saturday, November 5
Venue: Lansdowne Road Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17.30 (19.30 SA time; 17.30 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Andrea Piardi (Italy)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England)
📋 Team Update.
Robbie Henshaw has been unfortunately ruled out of tomorrow’s game through injury.
ADVERTISEMENTStuart McCloskey comes into the starting team, with Jimmy O’Brien named on the bench.#TeamOfUs | #IREvSA pic.twitter.com/jBGly6iAeo
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) November 4, 2022
