Eire head coach Andy Farrell says he doesn’t but know the complete extent of the accidents sustained by James Lowe, Mack Hansen and James Ryan in Saturday’s World Cup win over Scotland.
The Irish won 36-14 to arrange a mouth-watering quarter-final with New Zealand subsequent week.
However the world’s primary facet will probably be sweating on the health of Lowe (eye), Hansen (calf) and Ryan (wrist).
Farrell mentioned his squad’s “bangs and bruises” will probably be assessed on Sunday.
“Clearly, we’ll see how they pull up within the morning however Mack went off with a HIA [head injury assessment] and when he got here again on he felt his calf immediately, so we obtained him off,” mentioned Farrell.
“James Ryan has a little bit of a knock on his wrist that we have to assess extra, so we’ll see how he’s.
“James Lowe obtained a bang within the eye, his eye shut and he could not actually see a lot. His imaginative and prescient was coming again in the direction of the tip of the sport, which is nice.
“After which a couple of extra bangs and bruises that we’ll have to assess tomorrow.”
Lowe, who scored Eire’s first strive after simply two minutes, was taken off at half-time having obtained therapy on his eye on the pitch.
With Hansen already having been withdrawn, Garry Ringrose and Jamison Gibson-Park slotted in as makeshift wings as Eire ran out comfy winners and ended Scotland’s match.
Ryan’s health can also be a priority. The second row had already picked up a wrist harm within the win over South Africa a fortnight in the past with Iain Henderson given the nod to begin towards Scotland.
‘We realized a lot from New Zealand tour’
Having topped Pool B, Eire’s attentions will rapidly flip to going through New Zealand on the Stade de France on Saturday.
The All Blacks knocked Eire out within the quarter-finals in Japan in 2019 however Irish captain Johnny Sexton says the squad realized an amazing deal from final 12 months’s Check collection conquer the three-time World Cup champions in New Zealand.
“We went to New Zealand and Andy advised us he’d put us below essentially the most stress he might discover,” mentioned Sexton.
“To go on a three-Check tour but additionally to do the midweek video games, it was to check us and to make us be taught.
“We learnt so many classes on that tour to take with us for the Six Nations, to win a Grand Slam, and it is to place us on this state of affairs to need to play them once more.”
Farrell mentioned Eire will strategy subsequent week’s knockout match with a “spring in our step” after extending their successful sequence to 17 matches.
“We’ll benefit from the win tonight, it has been an enormous week for us and we gave a unbelievable facet Scotland the respect they deserve,” mentioned Farrell.
“We’ll get better from this and I anticipate accomplish that with a spring in our step.
“For those who can not get enthusiastic about this now then I have no idea what would get you away from bed.
“These boys have been ready for these large video games, these alternatives to point out what they’ve realized for some time now.”