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Former Ireland wing Kearney set for months on sideline
By Ian Cameron
Former Ireland wing Dave Kearney is set for months on the sideline after undoing surgery on a hamstring injury.
It's the latest setback for the 32-year-old who won 19 caps between 2013 and 2019.
"Unfortunately, Dave Kearney had a procedure last week for a hamstring injury and will be unavailable for a number of months," Leinster said in a statement.
Kearney has been hit by a number of consecutive injuries in recent years, which have seen him fall from an Ireland regular during the latter part of the Joe Schmidt era to a player whose struggle for fitness has seen him drop down the pecking order in Leinster.
The was good news elsewhere on the Leinster injury front.
"There is positive news for both Ciarán Frawley and Conor O’Brien as the former came through the game against Connacht Rugby with no issues after his return from a facial injury. O’Brien has returned to full training after recovering from a hamstring injury.
"Ross Byrne was withdrawn for a Head Injury Assessment (HIA) in the first half against Connacht Rugby, which he passed, but he was removed with a dental injury. He will be further assessed as the week goes on before a final decision is made on his availability."
There was no updates on a number of Leinster's Ireland stars who were injured during the Guinness Six Nations, which included: prop Andrew Porter (ankle), lock James Ryan (concussion), back row Ryan Baird (back) and hooker Rónan Kelleher (shoulder).
Nor was there an update on Michael Milne, Jordan Larmour or Will Connors, who are also currently sans combat.
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You are right about win rates, but its hard to argue that him playing at 8 was in any way related to England’s poor performances. He was consistently one of England’s best players when playing 8.
And like I said, he has only ever performed well at 7 in international rugby when there has been a specialist openside elsewhere in the back row who is able to share the defensive workload. If you’re going to lock in to only ever selecting Tom Curry at 6 then there’s no issues at all. But if there’s a chance that one day CCS, or Ted Hill, or Chessum, or Kpoku, or Carnduff might play 6, then a backrow with Earl at 7 would be extremely unbalanced.
I don’t have a pension fund. I am relaxed, but I’m that my tone offended you - it really wasn’t deliberate!
Go to comments2 tests, that’s insane. How can you develop the next generation of internationals with 2 tests? 4 would have been more beneficial, and provide a good test for the squad, with an emerging Ireland tour running concurrently to widen the player base at test level, surely. There are to many players in Ireland not getting enough meaningful game time as it is. Scotland did it right last summer, Ireland could have done something similar. Opportunity missed.
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