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4th February 2019
10:43am GMT

Toner was slow to pick himself up and he hobbled about on the right flank until a scrum was called by referee Jerome Garces.
The 6-foot-10 lock limped to the sideline as Connacht's Quinn Roux took his place. Joe Schmidt later confirmed Toner had 'rolled his ankle' and would be looked at by the medics on Sunday.
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Roux did a decent job when he came on and, with Tadhg Beirne and Iain Henderson both sidelined, Schmidt may turn to him for the visit to Edinburgh to take on a Scotland side that started their championship by beating Italy. Barry Murphy commented:
"Dev Toner if he’s out I would say Quinn Roux would be straight in, and then Ultan Dillane on the bench."28-year-old Roux has nine Ireland caps [4 starts] and last played from the get-go in the November win over Italy. He combined impressively with Beirne that day and women's international Jenny Murphy says he is in great form. "I saw him against Sale Sharks in the Challenge Cup a couple of weeks ago and he was cracking," she said. "He was man of the match and was really good at getting around the park. He was [defending] on the wing at one stage, against Chris Ashton, and he got the tackle in." Considering that Roux missed out on the initial squad, before Beirne was ruled out, a start against the Scots would be a rapid ascension, and a big opportunity in a World Cup year. Trimble and Barry Murphy suggested Sean O'Brien, rather than Jack Conan, would be favourite to step in for Stander. Jenny Murphy added:
"Yeah, Seanie at 8. He’s such a smart player as well. He’s not just like big, strong, like he’s got everything you want a back-row to have as well. And you hear from camp that he’s got a big coaching head as well.""He came on the pitch and he was giving a lot of messages and he was speaking a lot," Barry Murphy noted. "He was quite vocal, which I thought was great – they needed it at that point. So, great to see him back. He had a huge impact." POTENTIAL IRELAND XV FOR SCOTLAND
1. Cian Healy 2. Rory Best 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Quinn Roux 5. James Ryan 6. Peter O'Mahony 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Sean O'Brien 9. Conor Murray 10. Johnny Sexton 11. Jacob Stockdale 12. Bundee Aki 13. Garry Ringrose 14. Keith Earls/Andrew Conway 15. Robbie Henshaw

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