Irish prop Finlay Bealham will miss the rest of the Six Nations with a knee injury but Tadhg Furlong returns for training camp | Rugby Union News

Six Nations’ Finlay Bealham (knee) as Eire go seeking the Grand Slam; Tadhg Furlong chosen for coaching camp after a calf harm and will exchange compatriot Bealham towards Scotland at Murrayfield on March 12; Johnny Sexton will participate within the camp after lacking the victory towards Italy in Rome

Irish prop Finlay Bealham will miss the remainder of the Six Nations with a knee harm suffered in Saturday’s win over Italy in Rome.

Bealham has began every of Eire’s three video games to this point however will now sit out the journey to Murrayfield to face Scotland on March 12 after which the house conflict with England in Dublin on March 18.

Eire are chasing the Grand Slam after beating Wales in Cardiff and beating France in Dublin earlier than beating Italy 34-20 on the weekend.

Bealham, who was despatched off within the first half of the win over Italy, had entered the squad after tight first-choice header Tadhg Furlong suffered a calf harm.

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Furlong was included in a two-day coaching camp this week and is in competition to regain his place for the fourth-round conflict towards Scotland.

Captain Johnny Sexton (groin), facilities Garry Ringrose (calf) and Robbie Henshaw (wrist) and scrum half Jamison Gibson-Park (hamstring) may even attend coaching camp.

Sexton and Ringrose missed the win over Italy by way of harm, whereas Henshaw and Gibson-Park are but to characteristic on this 12 months’s match.

Talking of Bealham instantly after the win over the Azzurri, Eire head coach Andy Farrell stated: “He twisted his knee, clearly he fell right away, which is saying one thing, n ‘is that this not ?

“He did his finest to maintain combating. He is in a corset over there within the locker room, he says he is superb however he all the time says that.”