IRELAND LOCK JAMES Ryan has returned to full training ahead of Saturday’s World Cup showdown with Scotland in Paris.
Ryan picked up a hand injury in the win against South Africa two weekends ago and wasn’t training fully when Ireland returned to camp last week.
But the 27-year-old was back in full training today in Tours, wearing strapping on his left hand and wrist.
Ryan has started all three of Ireland’s World Cup games so far and has been a key figure in their run of 16 consecutive wins, so his return to full training is a big boost ahead of the crucial Pool B meeting with Scotland this weekend.
“He’s fine, he trained fully with us this morning so we’re happy with how he’s progressing,” said Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt this afternoon.
“He just got a knock on his hand, I think, so he’s come out of that fine. He’s good, he’s good.”
With Ryan back training fully, all 33 of Ireland’s World Cup squad took part in today’s session at their base in Tours.
Ireland will travel to Paris on Thursday, with Andy Farrell naming his matchday 23 upon arrival in the French capital that afternoon.
Iconic yes, but not exactly aesthetic
@Gareth Ward: ah I dunno, I like it. I was there last year for a game and it has that big football feel about it that you don’t get from modern stadia. That being said, the proposals for the new ground look unreal
@Gareth Ward: moron . One of the greatest stadiums in the world. I have been in most of the famous ones except the azteca. Abosolute philistine to suggest this is not one of the greatest .
@Shane Gill: i want to get to an inter game b4 they bulldoze it.are tickets hard got? My 2nd fav stadium ever since cameroon v argentina italia 90!!
@Nigel Delaney: didn’t have any trouble with tickets. Went to an AC game v Sampdoria and got tickets from the ticket centre at the ground the day of the game.
@Shane Gill: thanks lad.Trish is mad to get to Milan too.win win!!
Fabulous stadium.
Was there a while ago. It’s definitely seen better days.
Amazing that two internationally renowned teams playing the same sport can use common sense and share a stadium.
The Aviva and Croke Park are underutilized assets, money going/gone towards paying the debts could have been put into grassroots.
At least the Bertie Bowl wasn’t built
@Goban Saor: By “sharing” you mean the professional rugby and soccer guys want to use the facilities of their more successful amateur counterparts.
@Goban Saor: They are only still doing it now due to Italian politics making it really difficult for many teams to get approval to build stadiums in Italy. A lot of the stadium are owned by City Council who don’t want to lose out on rent and have empty stadium.
@Seamus Cummins: That’s problem in a nutshell. Napoli have had same issues with renovating Stadio San Paolo. Naples Municipal Council owns the stadium and doesn’t want to pay for upgrades.