During Ireland’s 36-14 victory over Scotland in the Rugby World Cup, Hansen, Lowe, and Ryan all suffered injuries. Hansen had to leave the game due to a calf injury, while Lowe was replaced at halftime after hurting his eye. Ryan also exacerbated a wrist injury but managed to finish the match.
Unfortunately, Ireland may be without Robbie Henshaw for their upcoming match against New Zealand. Coach Farrell is awaiting a full assessment of his squad’s injuries before deciding whether to bring in a replacement.
Keith Earls was not injured, despite sitting out the game’s warm-up session.
Speaking about the injuries, Farrell stated, “Obviously, we’ll see how they pull up in the morning but Mack went off with a HIA and when he came back on he felt his calf straight away, so we got him off. James Ryan has a bit of a knock on his wrist that we have to assess more, so we’ll see how he is now. James Lowe got a bang in the eye, his eye shut and he couldn’t really see much. His vision was coming back towards the end of the game, which is good. Then, a few more bangs and bruises that we’ll need to assess tomorrow.”
Despite the injuries, Farrell was thrilled with Ireland’s comprehensive win over Scotland.
Reflecting on the performance, Farrell said, “I think it was a special performance because Scotland really came of the blocks. Obviously, we scored the try early doors, which was a great start but they really came out of the blocks after that. They threw everything at us, I thought our attitude, our defence to try and keep them out for long spells was the making of the game. We were calm enough and clinical enough when we got back down the other end of the field to put some points on the board. A really clinical first-half performance and it had to be because they are a great side Scotland, to get that many points at half-time was a good innings from us.”
Next week, Ireland will face New Zealand in a rematch of the quarter-final match from four years ago.
Looking ahead to the game, Farrell said, “Well, it’s what dreams are made of. As far as a quarter-final is concerned, it doesn’t get any tougher. The respect we have for New Zealand is through the roof and hopefully, they have got a bit of respect for us. We will dust ourselves off first of all and recover properly from this one. But I would say that a couple of weeks ago we got some stick from walking around and thanking our fans, when they turn out in their thousands like this it is the least we can do.”
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