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Joey Carbery: 'Devastation doesn't even describe how I'm feeling'

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Joey Carbery has taken to Instagram to outline his frustration that injury will prevent him featuring for Munster in their remaining two Champions Cup pool games and for Ireland when they start their upcoming Six Nations.

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Only just back in action following an injury-hit 2019, he has now quickly returned to the sidelines after a scan on a wrist injury sustained in the PRO14 defeat to Ulster last Friday.   

“It has been confirmed the out-half sustained a wrist ligament injury and requires surgery, ruling him out for the immediate future,” read a Monday evening statement from Munster. 

After the worst was confirmed, Carbery took to social media to explain his situation. “Devastation doesn’t even describe how I’m feeling,” he wrote on Instagram. 

“Thanks for all the well wishes. Been a tough couple of months physically and mentally, and thought I was in the clear. But will be back soon, better than ever.”

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RugbyPass recently sat down with former Munster, Ireland and Lions flanker David Wallace 

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Carbery’s start for Munster at the Kingspan Stadium was his first in his province’s No10 shirt since their May 2019 PRO14 semi-final loss to Leinster in Dublin. 

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He was stretchered away from Ireland’s World Cup warm-up win over Italy last August and while he made it back to make three appearances off the bench at the finals in Japan, he returned to Limerick with an aggravation of his ankle injury that only recently come right. 

He first appeared as a replacement in the post-Christmas PRO14 loss to Leinster before getting the chance to start versus Ulster.

His return to fitness was viewed in Ireland as very timely as Johnny Sexton, the national team’s first-choice ten, has been nursing a knee injury since early December.

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However, hopes that Carbery would be in the mix for the upcoming Six Nations, which opens on February 1 at home to Scotland and signals the start of the Andy Farrell era, have now been dashed.     

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Ainsley is better than our next best tighthead options and has been playing well at scrum time for Lyon in the most competitive comp in the world. Superstar player? No. But better than the next best options. So that is a good enough guide. The scrummaging in the Prem is pretty good too so there is Sio's proof. Same analysis for him. Certainly better in both cases than Super, where the brumbies had the worst win loss and scrum pen in Super. Who plays there? Ohh yes... And the level of scrummaging in Super is well below the URC, prem and France with the SA teams out.


Nongorr is truly woeful. He's 130kg and gets shoved about. That just should not be happening at that weight for a specialist prop who has always played rugby cf pone with leauge. He has had enough time to develop at 23. You'd be better off with Pone who is at least good around the field for the moment and sending Nongorr on exchange to France or England to see if they can improve him with better coaching as happened with Skelton and Meafou. He isn't going to develop in time in super if he has it at all.


Latu is a better scrummaging hooker than BPA and Nasser. and he's the best aussie player over the ball at ruck time. McReight's super jackling percentage hasnt converted to international level but latu consistently does it at heniken level, which is similar to test level in the big games. With good coaching at La Rochelle he's much improved though still has the odd shocker. He should start the November games.

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