Ireland take on Wales in four days time and all thoughts are on injuries, with most of those thoughts being given to Johnny Sexton's hamstring. The Racing Metro man stayed with Ireland over the weekend rather than heading back to his club and
Ireland team manager Mick Kearney explained that Sexton is not ready for full contact training just yet but, by Thursday, he should be and the Ireland management team are hopeful that he'll be ready to take the field on Saturday.
As a precaution, he will have modified training in the early part of the week with an expectation that he will train fully towards the end of the week. We’re very happy with where he is at the moment. He’s hit all his markers so far.
On the Jamie Heaslip front, Kearney confirmed that he has recuperated well from the back injury suffered against France and will train fully with the squad beginning today.
Jamie Heaslip is expected to train fully this week and, barring any setback, will be available for selection.
On the concussion side of things, both Sean O'Brien and Jared Payne also look set to be available having went through the correct procedures.
Sean O’Brien and Jared Payne have progressed well from the return to play protocol and will be reintroduced to full training during the week.
