LEINSTER DUO LUKE McGrath and John McKee have emerged as major injury doubts and will be assessed further in the wake of last weekend’s defeat to Glasgow Warriors.
The province issued an update this afternoon after McGrath and McKee were forced off with knee and hamstring injuries respectively.
Leinster face Hollywoodbets Sharks in their URC opener at the RDS on Saturday [KO 4.55pm, live on RTÉ2 and Premier Sports 1].
While McGrath and McKee are uncertainties, Cian Healy and Michael Milne are among those confirmed as unavailable for selection.
Healy missed Ireland’s World Cup tilt after picking up a calf injury in the warm-up win over Samoa, and a fresh shoulder injury sustained in Leinster training last week rules the 36-year-old prop out for “a number of weeks”.
Milne, meanwhile, is progressing through the final stages of his own rehabilitation, while there are no further updates on Ed Byrne (hamstring) and Alex Soroka (foot).
Martin Moloney is available for selection once again, having returned to training after recovering from a long-term knee injury.
I know we’ve had no decent striker since Robbie Keane and we want to hang our hat on anyone who can fill his shoes but when are the Irish media gonna stop gushing about Ferguson?
He scored a few goals against a poor Newcastle side months ago and has don very little since.
If he’s fortunate enough to start for Brighton, he gets subbed after an hour, if he doesn’t start, he comes on as a sub. He’s done nothing in an Ireland jersey, in fact, I’m yet to see him have a good game for us.
Until Ferguson holds down his place for Brighton and starts scoring 15+ goals a season, I don’t see him as the solution to Ireland’s goal scoring problem.
@Heywood Jablome: Well let’s hear your suggestions, then we can see what you are trying to get across to us!!
@Heywood Jablome: this is correct. He’s being hyped up to the sky. I don’t see an awful lot coming from him if people are going to continue to write this type of article about him.