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Fresh injury concern over Larmour ahead of Six Nations

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New Ireland head coach Andy Farrell faces a nervous wait on the fitness of Jordan Larmour, after the Leinster full-back suffered a foot injury in the province’s Heineken Champions Cup defeat of Benetton on Saturday.

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Larmour was replaced by Rob Kearney after 71 minutes of the 18-0 win, and although he did not appear to show any signs of injury at the time, the province have now confirmed that the 22-year-old picked up a low grade foot injury.

Ireland open their Six Nations campaign with a home clash against Scotland on February 1, giving Larmour less than two weeks to recover from the problem and prove his fitness.

 

A Leinster statement confirmed that the player will be assessed by the IRFU’s medical team this week.

“The majority of the 23 that played against Benetton Rugby on Saturday in the Heineken Champions Cup came through the game with no issues although Jordan Larmour did pick up a low grade foot injury in the game,” the statement read.

“He will be further assessed by the IRFU medical team.”

Larmour, who has won 21 caps since making his Test debut in the 2018 Six Nations, is believed to be Farrell’s preferred choice for the No15 shirt, with the new Ireland head coach not including veteran full-back Rob Kearney in his Six Nations squad.

There is also some concern surrounding Ulster’s Will Addison, who would be one of Larmour’s main rivals for the full-back slot. Addison was substituted in the second half of Ulster’s win against Bath after feeling some tightness in his calf.

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Ireland are due to head to Portugal for a pre-Six Nations training camp this week, while Farrell will be expected to provide an update on Larmour’s condition at Wednesday’s Six Nations launch in London.

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NH 7 minutes ago
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I don't think there was any duping Nick, it was simply a case of 'hamish knows best' and what he says goes. With all the dust settled, what worries me is that many that allowed him to make that decision and the sacking of marinos are still on the board or in the chair (Herbert and waugh). Can we say they have the integrity to do the right thing when it comes down to it?

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NH 9 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

I think the omission of skelton and kerevi probably has two parts to it. 1) Everyone talks about the level of detail Schmidt coaches at, so i assume kinda like under rennie it takes the players 3-4 weeks before they're across everything and the coach is happy with their level of understanding. 2) Schmidt seems big on combos and cohesion, so I think he is a little reluctant to bring guys in who are only going to play a game or two but then might not be available down the track... This is the same reason why on the flipside JAS was maybe brought in so early, to try and build that combo as much as possible before the lions. Regardless, I think we will get to see both skelton and kerevi in gold before the tour is finished (otherwise why bring them in at all?), but he better do it soon. Are they available for the last game(s)?

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NH 18 minutes ago
Why Australia won't see the best of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii at centre

No need to have nella go for 70 like bell because we have a handy replacement in AAA. Boks props do their 40 and off.

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Another 19 minutes ago
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The Blues strategy - ongoing pick and drive - isn't what the All Blacks team is currently employing. They haven't changed their tactics, they have just strengthened the personnel - especially from the bench. Players returning from injury - Jordan Tuipolutu, Roigard have changed the form of the team.

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RiekoTheHumbleConquerorOfIreland 20 minutes ago
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Well done on not blocking me though. Shows growth in your discussion ability.

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Willardi 23 minutes ago
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Really like your articles Jake.

With the rule changes I’m astonished at the regularity of Union rule changes. Other sports take it nice and slow and even then it’s a mess e.g VAR. I think the French saying is “plus ca change, plus ca meme choise “

The split bench. Its hilarious. I’m think you are my vintage and you may recall the formidable West Indies bowling attack in the 70’s. If Stephen Jones or Beaumont were commenting on that they would say let’s change the rules as these 6ft7 seamers are ripping into our top and middle order.

Its mad.

Rassie went with a 5-3 split to demonstrate whatever the make up of our bench we are still going to be very difficult to beat. For heavens sake Wilco Louw is our 4 choice tight head. Good grief.

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GrandDisse 32 minutes ago
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More mobile indeed, but far less experienced at this level atm, in particular for Tatafu. I believe Flament is also quite above his replacement choices, but anyway he will play.

Great team overall, although I'm leaning toward a AB victory as they had the whole season to build together.

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RiekoTheHumbleConquerorOfIreland 35 minutes ago
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I find Cortez a bit quiet chat wise; TJ and Nuggy were very vocal, knew how to draw attention to players killing our ball and that sort of thing.

It’s just experience.

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JB 43 minutes ago
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Great article as an England fan. I can't get my head around how poor we are at the moment with all our resources.

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RiekoTheHumbleConquerorOfIreland 43 minutes ago
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LRB 57 minutes ago
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I think you might be right, especially if the AB's win. Mind you, the Ireland Argentina should be juicy.!

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CO 1 hour ago
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Exactly

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

As I said, a good player doesn't mean a good person. That is a very good example of why he is a great player, but not a GOAT and why he never will be. Rugby is a team sport, not an individual sport. If he thinks he can beat the AB's on his own, the French is in for a massive hiding. Especially if there is sour grapes in the team, because they won't play as one unit, but rather like seperate pieces. Instead of passing, they will go it alone and the AB's will destroy them. The real joke of this whole article is calling the French the real Alpha of the North.

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B 1 hour ago
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Taylor must have passed the medical and trained well enough for Jason to start him.


The replays of him staggering and stumbling over didn't look good for mine and had the similarity to a punch drunk pugilist in need of more time to fully recover.


Anyways if he can play as good as he normally does for as long as he can, Aumua and co. will definitely get the All Blacks over the line.


Cam and Damian also showed how in sync they are leading up Aumua's try assist pass to Jordan where Beauden would have gone kick pass and most likely stuffed it up.


Go the All Blacks...Wallace Sititi to score a try for Sammy...onwards and upwards...

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
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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.

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CO 1 hour ago
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And 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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Hellhound 1 hour ago
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🤣🤣🤣👏

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
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That's what's going to happen but I hope not. I love close games

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
Springboks make 12 changes and move away from 7/1 bench split

So do I. I love a tight match where anyone can walk out the victor. That is much more fun for fans. Runaway games isn't enjoyable by either fan of both teams. At least not for me

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