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2 days ago
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Uncapped Aungier replaces Bealham in Ireland squad
Uncapped Connacht prop Jack Aungier has been called into the Ireland squad as a replacement for British and Irish Lions-bound Finlay Bealham. Dublin-born Aungier, 26, was part of the Emerging Ireland tour to South Africa last year and trained with the senior squad during the 2025 Six Nations. Advertisement His Connacht team-mate Bealham was called up to Andy Farrell's Lions squad after Scotland's Zander Ferguson was ruled out with a calf injury. Tight-head Aungier - who becomes the 12th uncapped player in Paul O'Connell's squad came through the Leinster academy before joining Connacht in 2020. He has made 88 appearances for the western province. Ireland face Georgia and Portugal in two Tests on 5 and 12 July.
BBC News
2 days ago
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Uncapped Aungier replaces Bealham in Ireland squad
Uncapped Connacht prop Jack Aungier has been called into the Ireland squad as a replacement for British and Irish Lions-bound Finlay Bealham. Dublin-born Aungier, 26, was part of the Emerging Ireland tour to South Africa last year and trained with the senior squad during the 2025 Six Nations. His Connacht team-mate Bealham was called up to Andy Farrell's Lions squad after Scotland's Zander Ferguson was ruled out with a calf injury. Tight-head Aungier - who becomes the 12th uncapped player in Paul O'Connell's squad came through the Leinster academy before joining Connacht in 2020. He has made 88 appearances for the western province. Ireland face Georgia and Portugal in two Tests on 5 and 12 July.
Irish Examiner
2 days ago
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- Irish Examiner
Connacht's Jack Aungier called into Paul O'Connell's Ireland squad
Connacht prop Jack Aungier has been called into the Ireland squad to replace teammate Finlay Bealham for the summer tour of Georgia (July 5) and Portugal (July 12). Bealham got the call up for Andy Farrell's British and Irish Lions tour Monday morning for the Scotland's Zander Fagerson who has been ruled out with a calf injury. The uncapped tighthead prop has previously featured for Emerging Ireland on the tour to South Africa last autumn. Aungier trained with the Ireland squad during this year's Guinness Six Nations. The Clontarf FC and Suttonians man joined Connacht in 2020 from the Leinster Academy, where he made five senior appearances, and has made 88 appearances for the Western province. He scored a try in his debut at the Aviva Stadium against Ulster in August 2020.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
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Ireland suffer crushing injury blow ahead of England Six Nations clash
Ireland have suffered a major blow ahead of their Six Nations opener against England next weekend with talismanic prop Tadhg Furlong ruled out of the clash through injury. The 32-year-old has suffered a recurrence of a calf problem while training in Portugal and will be sidelined for Saturday's clash at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin that kicks off Ireland's Six Nations title defence. Tighthead Furlong has flown home for further assessment and has been replaced in the squad by uncapped Connacht front-rower Jack Aungier, with Finlay Bealham likely to start in the No 3 jersey against England. The prop missed the entirety of Ireland's autumn campaign through injury and had only returned for club side Leinster a fortnight ago but has now suffered this new blow. A statement from the Irish Rugby Football Union said: 'Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out of next weekend's Guinness Men's Six Nations opener against England after suffering a recurrence of a calf strain in training and he has returned to Dublin for further assessment. 'Jack Aungier has been called up to the squad.' Simon Easterby will be Ireland's stand-in head coach for this Six Nations, with Andy Farrell on secondment to the British & Irish Lions ahead of their tour this summer, and he received better news regarding two more of his side's key men. Hooker Dan Sheehan was named man of the match and scored two tries for Leinster on Saturday in his comeback from an ACL injury, while winger James Lowe also came through that contest unscathed, with both men joining the Irish squad in Portugal on Sunday. Ireland are two-time defending Six Nations champions but will be looking for revenge over England in the opener having lost 23-22 to Steve Borthwick's side at Twickenham in the 2024 championship thanks to Marcus Smith's last-gasp drop goal.
The Independent
27-01-2025
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- The Independent
Ireland suffer crushing injury blow ahead of England Six Nations clash
Ireland have suffered a major blow ahead of their Six Nations opener against England next weekend with talismanic prop Tadhg Furlong ruled out of the clash through injury. The 32-year-old has suffered a recurrence of a calf problem while training in Portugal and will be sidelined for Saturday's clash at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin that kicks off Ireland's Six Nations title defence. Tighthead Furlong has flown home for further assessment and has been replaced in the squad by uncapped Connacht front-rower Jack Aungier, with Finlay Bealham likely to start in the No 3 jersey against England. The prop missed the entirety of Ireland's autumn campaign through injury and had only returned for club side Leinster a fortnight ago but has now suffered this new blow. A statement from the Irish Rugby Football Union said: 'Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out of next weekend's Guinness Men's Six Nations opener against England after suffering a recurrence of a calf strain in training and he has returned to Dublin for further assessment. 'Jack Aungier has been called up to the squad.' Simon Easterby will be Ireland's stand-in head coach for this Six Nations, with Andy Farrell on secondment to the British & Irish Lions ahead of their tour this summer, and he received better news regarding two more of his side's key men. Hooker Dan Sheehan was named man of the match and scored two tries for Leinster on Saturday in his comeback from an ACL injury, while winger James Lowe also came through that contest unscathed, with both men joining the Irish squad in Portugal on Sunday. Ireland are two-time defending Six Nations champions but will be looking for revenge over England in the opener having lost 23-22 to Steve Borthwick's side at Twickenham in the 2024 championship thanks to Marcus Smith's last-gasp drop goal.
