Tuesday 31 May 2016 10:12, UK
Luke Fitzgerald has been ruled out of Ireland's summer tour of South Africa because of a knee problem.
He is now likely to be replaced in the squad by the uncapped Matt Healy.
Fitzgerald sustained the injury in Leinster's Guinness Pro12 final defeat to Connacht on Saturday with the newly-crowned champions' Healy the favourite to be rewarded for a superb season.
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt views Healy as a like-for-like replacement for Fitzgerald, but Tiernan O'Halloran is also in contention.
"Unfortunately Luke Fitzgerald picked up a knee injury in the game and he will be replaced," said Schmidt.
"Due to Luke picking up the knee injury one of those Connacht players is likely to be in the frame to be his replacement.
"One of the advantages with Matt is that he's a left-footed left winger and like-for-like with Luke. He's certainly a guy who's in contention."
