The Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery has been ruled out of the World Cup after he tore his left calf muscle in training as he prepared for his country's pivotal Pool C game against Australia at Eden Park on Saturday.
Flannery has had issues with his calves over the past two seasons and needed surgery last year to save his career. He narrowly made the cut for Ireland's World Cup squad having returned successfully only at the tail end of last season.The training camp was held in connection with Ireland’s upcoming 2011 RWC encounter against the RWC favourites and 2011 Tri Nations’ winners, Wallabies. Ireland will take on the Wallabies on Saturday, September 17 at Eden Park, Auckland.
According to the statement released on the Irish Rugby Union’s website, Flannery’s injury will require a period of six to eight weeks for recovery. The governing body of rugby in Ireland has named Munster's Damien Varley as a replacement for Flannery in the Irish RWC squad. It was announced that Varley will join the rest of the squad on September 17.Ireland team manager Paul McNaughton says "it is particularly disappointing for Jerry to have suffered this injury at this point in the tournament."
Munster hooker Damien Varley has been called up to the squad.
Sean Cronin will join the reserves bench as backup for hooker Rory Best in the match at Eden Park against the Wallabies.
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