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Best has been ruled out of Ireland's Australia tour
By Peter Hanson
Ireland captain Rory Best has been ruled out of June's tour of Australia with a hamstring injury, head coach Joe Schmidt confirmed.
Schmidt was speaking at a news conference on Thursday to announce that Best, a veteran of 111 caps who led his side to Six Nations Grand Slam glory this year, would be unavailable for the three-match series.
Munster's Niall Scannell takes Best's place in the travelling party, while Johnny Sexton and Peter O'Mahony will share captain duties against the Wallabies.
Ireland face fixtures against Australia on June 9, 16 and 23 next month.
Elsewhere, Ireland fly-half Joey Carbery will swap Leinster for Pro14 rivals Munster next season.
Carbery has made 37 appearances for the Pro14 champions despite largely playing second fiddle to Sexton.
The 22-year-old is part of the Ireland squad for the Australia tour.
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Hoping Riley Higgins kicks on. Proctor must be 13 moving forward.
Go to commentsRassie should be "miles ahead" of Razor, he's been involved with the Boks as full-time Director of Rugby since 2017. And the Boks should be ahead of the current ABs, they have kept all of their superstars.
Clearly, we are rebuilding from the floor up. But the one place that the Boks are not "miles ahead" is on the paddock. A brand new, relatively untested coaching team, with a new team still in the making, came close in Sth Africa.
Change takes time. Whatever this magic instant innovation potion is you allude to, it doesn't exist. Just ask Rassie. It's taken the Boks years to develop. I've no doubt Razor will get us there.
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