Sport | Boks’ Pool B foes Ireland name Rugby World Cup squad, veteran prop Healy misses out

Sport | Boks’ Pool B foes Ireland name Rugby World Cup squad, veteran prop Healy misses out

Cian Healy.

Cian Healy.

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  • Ireland have confirmed their squad for the Rugby World Cup.
  • Experienced prop Cian Healy has missed out due to injury.
  • Ireland will contest Pool B at the World Cup alongside South Africa, Scotland, Tonga and Romania.
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Veteran prop Cian Healy was left out of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad due to injury, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) announced on Sunday.

Leinster’s Healy, 35, limped off the field in Saturday’s narrow 17-13 victory over Samoa at Bayonne in their final warm-up game before the tournament.

Healy was playing in his 125th international and had been hoping to feature in a fourth World Cup.

“It has been a difficult selection process over the last number of weeks beca

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