Hip injury ends Cian Healy’s Six Nations

Adam Kyriacou

Ireland have suffered a blow after Cian Healy was ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations with a hip problem he sustained against England on Sunday.

Healy was forced off during the first half of the 24-12 defeat at Twickenham with an injury head coach Andy Farrell described as a “jarred hip”.

However, a scan has revealed the extent of the damage with the 32-year-old prop missing from a 28-man squad that will assemble in Dublin on Wednesday for a two-day camp.

Healy is Ireland’s first-choice loosehead and the setback means he has been robbed of the chance to reach 100 caps in this Six Nations.

The Twickenham outing was his 98th and he would have expected to have accumulated two more in the remaining games against Italy and France.

Lions second-row Ian Henderson returns to the squad having been withdrawn from the team to face England because of the birth of his son.

Ireland’s 28-man squad

Forwards: Ultan Dillane, Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Dave Heffernan, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Jack McGrath, Peter O’Mahony, Tom O’Toole, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, CJ Stander, Devin Toner, Josh van der Flier

Backs: Bundee Aki, Billy Burns, Ross Byrne, Andrew Conway, John Cooney, Keith Earls, Robbie Henshaw, Jordan Larmour, Stuart McCloskey, Conor Murray, Jonathan Sexton, Jacob Stockdale