KEITH EARLS WILL not play any part in Ireland’s Six Nations meeting with Wales this weekend.
The Munster player was handed the No13 jersey by Declan Kidney for Sunday’s opener as Brian O’Driscoll recovers from shoulder surgery.
However, after a conversation with coach Declan Kidney, Earls has decided to stay in Limerick with his partner as his newborn daughter has been taken into hospital.
He will now be replaced by Leinster’s Fergus McFadden with Dave Kearney, younger brother of Rob, coming onto the bench.
“Unfortunately Keith’s baby has been taken ill and is in hospital as we speak,” said Ireland team manager on the IRFU website.
The nature of the illness is unclear, however I did speak to Keith this morning and he was hopeful and optimistic that the baby would get home some time over the weekend.
“The decision was taken following a conversation with Declan (Kidney) and Keith yesterday and it was thought that it was in the best interests of Keith and his partner and their families that Keith remains in Limerick for the weekend.”
Got em all right, im off to celebrate by getting a life
Taibi and I got 5/10 , I thought that might give me Paul Jones or ed de goy .. someone middle of the road , not that clown anyway… To sum up , a tad harsh ..
I am Peter schmeicel
Fabian Bartez, “good but not the best” , haha, pretty accurate there!
9/10. Agonised for ages over the Selhurst park question and then chose the wrong one.
That question was one of the only ones I got right lol. Milwall would never share a ground with Palace, would be like a south east WWIII.
Wouldn’t matter who Milwall were sharing a ground with….they’d start a war with anyone…
Tbf to the actual club, they’ve tried to stamp the rough element out of the game. They also do massive work for charities and advocacy to keep vital services at Lewisham Hospital. Having been to the New Den, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought, I guess it isn’t fair to tarnish the whole club with one brush. But they hate Palace, lol.
I stood in the away section at the old den in New Cross once, it was a cage thankfully cause we were battered with bricks and bottles for the entire game. Scary stuff.
Jaysus. 10/10. But if the quiz was the other way around – e.g. ‘where do the club who used to play at Ayresome Park now play?’ – then I’d be struggling to get two or three. Must really be showing my age.
6/10 with 3 of them guesses
100% I watch/have watched way to much football :L