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Sunday 26 June 2022
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Outstanding second row Sam Monaghan has also been ruled out of the England game.
However, Mike Haley, Jean Kleyn and Simon Zebo are fit and available again.
Bamford has ruptured his plantar fascia.
The Ireland captain suffered a hamstring injury in training yesterday.
The Wales lock dislocated his shoulder against Japan.
The 29-year-old has travelled to Tonga for family reasons.
Leigh Halfpenny comes into the team at 15 in place of the injured Saracens man.
Joe Schmidt’s squad have been hit with another injury blow.
Roland Idowu joins the panel ahead of Friday’s opener against Greece as Troy Parrott is ruled out.
‘At the best of times you’ve got to be absolutely spot on for Cheltenham,’ the trainer said in his column for Betfair.
The attacking midfielder will miss Tottenham’s Champions League last-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund.
The winger will miss next week’s showdown with Toulon.
The 24-year-old was man of the match for Ireland last weekend against Wales.
Joe Schmidt confirmed the timeframe for Henshaw’s return to action.
The outside centre suffered a shoulder injury against Italy.
Tommy O’Brien and Bill Johnston are also definitely out of this summer’s tournament.
The centre faced a Pro12 disciplinary panel today over comments made to referee Ian Davies.
James Haskell could be out until early 2017.
Fernando Santos’s side will be without a key defender this evening.
Already without Vincent Kompany, Belgium’s Nicolas Lombaerts will now miss the tournament – as will Dedryck Boyata.
The forward has been ruled out with an ankle injury.
Arkadiusz Milik has scored six times in qualifying but picked up a knock against Scotland.
The forward has suffered another setback in his quest to play in Saturday’s semi-final replay.
France’s Gael Fickou has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Meehan’s inter-county future uncertain after injury forces him to take a break for the foreseeable future.
The attacker sustained the injury in the early stages of last night’s clash with Kildare in Croke Park.
The Tullow Tank was left in agony after shipping a match-ending blow.
Armagh v Galway, 1.45pm, live on RTÉ 2
Kerry v Mayo, 4pm, live on RTÉ 2
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TWO ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALISTS confirmed, two more to follow today.
Another big Croke Park double-header lies ahead, with the mouth-watering meeting of Armagh and Galway kicking us off.
Kieran McGeeney’s Orchard county have serious momentum behind them after qualifier wins over the usurped All-Ireland champions Tyrone and Donegal, but they face a stiff challenge from Connacht kingpins Galway next.
It’s a novel pairing, and it’s hard to call which way it will swing. But this is a massive opportunity for both counties.
Another standout tie follows as Kerry and Mayo gear up to do battle.
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