Eddie O’Sullivan today announced his Irish side to face France in the Six Nations on Saturday. The team contains one change from the side than beat England. That is the inclusion of Kevin Maggs in the centre in place of the injured Shane Horgan. It had been hoped that Gordon D’Arcy would return to the side to fill the vacancy but despite playing 60 minutes for Leinster at the weekend he has been ruled out with the same hamstring injury that has dogged his Six Nations campaign.

Shane Horgan has been ruled out of Ireland’s next Six Nations match against France on Saturday week. Horgan managed to finish the game against England last Sunday but scans on his hand have revealed that he has sustained a minor fracture to the base of his thumb. The injury may also rule him out of the final game against Wales but that has yet to be decided.

No one expected England to lie down when they came to Landsdowne Road. A tough, physical game was expected and that’s exactly what happened. Ireland started well but a poor defence allowed Martin Corry to go over for the first try of the game, but Ireland didn’t lie down, they were soon back in the game due to the boot of Ronan O’Gara.

Gordon D’Arcy has been left out of the Irish side to face England on Sunday following the news that he has been unable to shake the hamstring injury he picked up in the opening match of the tournament against Italy.

Things are looking quite good for Ireland on the injury front ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations clash with England. With Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy said to have responded well to their treatment in Poland and with Johnny O’Connor’s injury not as bad as previously thought it looks like Ireland could have a full compliment […]

Injured Ireland centre’s Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy have flown to Poland today to begin treatment on their injured hamstrings at a specialist facility. The two players who picked hamstring injuries in the first round of the Six Nations against Italy were the source of a great deal of speculation last week as to the severity of the injuries.

Ireland won their second match of this years Six Nations by a comfortable 40 points to 13. Ireland started very badly but were comfortable victors once the forwards got rolling after about 20 minutes.

Gordon D’Arcy failed a fitness test on his injured hamstring this morning and has been ruled out of tomorrow’s match with Scotland. D’Arcy had initially been doubtful along with Brian O’Driscoll when named in the squad but after scans on Monday both were named in the team.

Ireland have been dealt a blow ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash with captain Brian O’Driscoll having been ruled out of the match due to the hamstring injury he picked up against Italy last weekend.

Eddie O’Sullivan has named both Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy in the Ireland team to face Scotland on Saturday. Both players had been regarded as extremely doubtful having picked up hamstring injuries against Italy next week. However scans performed on both players indicate that the injuries aren’t as bad as first thought and both players will start subject to passing fitness tests later in the week.