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Ireland's Trimble to miss Six Nations run-in
By Jack Davies
Ireland back Andrew Trimble will miss the remainder of the Six Nations with a hand injury sustained on Pro12 duty with Ulster.
Trimble was absent for Ireland's opening matches against Scotland and Italy as he recovered from a groin problem, before coming off the bench during last weekend's 19-9 victory over France in Dublin.
However, the 70-cap man picked up a problem in Friday's 19-7 win against Benetton Treviso, ending his involvement in Ireland's bid to regain the championship.
Lock Ultan Dillane, who has twice come off the bench during this year's competition, has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks due to surgery on a shoulder issue.
The experienced Tommy Bowe has been added to the squad, while Rob Kearney (groin) is expected to train fully on Monday.
Ireland sit second after three matches, three points behind leaders England, who visit Dublin on the final weekend after Joe Schmidt has taken his side to Wales.
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Well the other idea I had been toying with which I think is still used in football, is something like each pool winners of the Challenge Cup gets entry into the round of 16 etc (or whateveer equivalnt entry point we can come up with) in the Champions Cup.
Those T2 sides could play a pool or some simple comp with the bottom dwellers (that was actually something else I liked in Jones structure, he left out 2 English sides alltogehter, 4+4-2), and then come into the Challenge Cup when those top4 sides go up?
That idea just helps keep a nice balance for me. I like both comps having exactly the same structure, and raising 4 or so T2 sides requires that to break in some manner.
Neither. You have a situation where like the Stormers lose to la Rochelle in Ro16 but lose out to a lower performing league team in Benneton (5th place v 7th) just because they made it to the semis of Challenge Cup.
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