Ireland captain Rory Best has been ruled out of Ireland’s summer tour of Australia with a hamstring injury.
Best has been replaced by Munster hooker Niall Scannell in the squad with Scannell joining Leinster’s Sean Cronin and Ulster’s Rob Herring as the other rakes in the Ireland squad.
Breaking. @RoryBest2 ruled out of Ireland’s 3 tests against @qantaswallabies #TeamOfUs pic.twitter.com/L3lviDxKyn
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) May 31, 2018
News. @N_Scannell222 will replace the injured @RoryBest2 for Ireland’s tour to Australia #TeamOfUs pic.twitter.com/o6untXnNIg
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) May 31, 2018
With @RoryBest2 ruled out Joe has said that @JohnnySexton & @peterom6 who are Vice Captains may share the captaincy in Australia #TeamOfUs pic.twitter.com/E13cr6rfvr
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) May 31, 2018
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has said that Leinster fly-half Johnny Sexton and Munster captain Peter O’Mahony may share captaincy responsibilities on tour as Ireland head to Australia for the first time since 2010.
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