IRELAND ARE ABOUT to kick off their Six Nations campaign against Italy but they were dealt a major blow in the warm-up after Sean O’Brien tweaked his hamstring. The marauding flanker went to ground with the ball but the seemingly innocuous action was followed by a grimace and immediately it looked like there was a problem.
Bad news for Ireland as one of their returning stars pulls up in the warm-up
IRELAND ARE ABOUT to kick off their Six Nations campaign against Italy but they were dealt a major blow in the warm-up after Sean O’Brien tweaked his hamstring. The marauding flanker went to ground with the ball but the seemingly innocuous action was followed by a grimace and immediately it looked like there was a problem.
Tommy O’Donnell will start at number seven instead of O’Brien with Robbie Diack moving onto the bench.
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