Ireland’s Jamison Gibson-Park ruled out of Six Nations showdown - The Guardian

The Ireland scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park has been ruled out of Saturday’s Six Nations game with France.

Gibson-Park withdrew from the team a few hours before Ireland’s 34-10 win over Wales on Saturday with a hamstring injury.

Conor Murray deputised for Gibson-Park in Cardiff and the Leinster player has failed to recover in time before France’s trip to Dublin to take on the world’s No 1 team.

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Prop Cian Healy, who was a late withdrawal from the Ireland bench against Wales, and fellow front-row forward Tadhg Furlong remain sidelined by injury.

The captain and outside-half, Johnny Sexton, who suffered a dead leg in Cardiff, was due to complete the HIA process on Monday while the Leinster hooker Ronan Kelleher could to return to training this week.