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Leinster give update on injured Irish trio, including surgery for Ryan
By Josh Raisey
Leinster have revealed that Ireland lock James Ryan has "had a procedure" on the arm injury that ruled him out of the final two rounds of the Guinness Six Nations, and will be assessed over the coming weeks.
The 27-year-old picked up the injury in training in the build-up to the clash with England in round four, having featured in the three matches prior to that. Ireland head coach described the injury as a "freak accident" leading into the match.
“Just a freak accident really of just a reaction reaching out for a tackle that was non-contact and he has injured his bicep so he most likely, well he won’t be available for the remainder of this Six Nations,” he said.
Alongside Ryan, Ireland fullback Hugo Keenan is also out of Leinster's United Rugby Championship fixture with Zebre on Saturday after picking up a hip injury before Ireland's 17-13 win over Scotland on Saturday.
Keenan was a late withdrawal from the contest at the Aviva Stadium, with Jordan Larmour replacing him. In their latest injury report, the URC leaders said the fullback will be assessed, but is unavailable for selection.
The 39-cap international's withdrawal capped a Six Nations that was curtailed by injury for him. After starting in the opening two rounds, Keenan missed the win over Wales with a knee injury before returning against England.
Ciarán Frawley, meanwhile, is in contention for the trip to Italy at the weekend, and will undergo further assessment after missing Ireland's final match of the Championship due to a head injury sustained against England.
The versatile back is continuing to follow the Graduated Return to Play Protocols, and will be assessed later this week.
Leinster hold a four-point lead at the top of the URC table, and will not want to concede any ground this weekend before facing the second-place Bulls the round after.
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The reason Rassie went 5/3 split. We want the ball. He is anticipating exactly those tactics. The reason for the players he chose for the backline. Fast, elusive and extremely dangerous. This will be an expansive game. Mark my words. Rassie is very clever. At least that's my assessment of the game. Borthwick isn't clever enough to pick up on that and most likely will go with the same tactics as the semi finals. If you noticed, this year the Boks tried to keep a hold of the ball and tried to run from anywhere on the field. You got to have the ball to score. The Boks box kicking is great and they know how to play the areal game if they need to. By switching to expansive tactics, they will give the Boks exactly what they want. Defending the whole time will always make you more tired than attacking. Besides, the team without the ball mostly gets penalized as they tend to struggle to stay onside. That is my opinion of the game play against the English that Rassie have in mind. Of course, trying to read Rassie is impossible and I may have the cat by the tail.
Go to commentsAnd now we hear the news that Matthieu Jalibert is refusing to be on the bench.
Thomas Ramos from Duponts club shifted to first five from fullback, clearly to prevent Matthieu Jalibert from making the ten position his own in the absence of Duponts other club mate Romain Ntamack.
This isn't good captaincy by Dupont, it will create division within the squad and will prevent world cup success.
It was clear at the world cup that Dupont wasn't trying to coordinate with Matthieu and it's now clear Dupont wields too much power within the team.
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