Ireland dealt late blow as star back ruled out for Six Nations title decider against Scotland
Ireland full-back Hugo Keenan.
Andy Farrell has been forced into making a late change to his starting XV for the Six Nations decider against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Full-back Hugo Keenan has been forced to withdraw from the match due to a hip injury and has been replaced in the team by Jordan Larmour.
Hugo Keenan replaced by Jordan Larmour
Larmour earns his second cap of this year’s Six Nations after coming off the bench in the 36-0 victory over Italy.
It’s the second match Keenan will miss for Ireland through injury.
While Ciaran Frawley replaced Keenan in the starting XV against Wales when Keenan was unavailable, Farrell has opted to hand Larmour an opportunity instead.
Ireland need just two match points from the clash with Scotland to seal back-to-back titles.
Ireland v Scotland
Ireland: 15 Jordan Larmour, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony (c), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Rónan Kelleher, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Garry Ringrose
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Andy Christie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Kyle Rowe
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Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson (England), Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
UK coverage: ITV
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