O’Sullivan awaits injury assessment

ON this occasion, no news is not necessarily good news. The extent of Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy’s hamstring injuries will not be made public until today’s team announcement for Saturday’s trip to Scotland, but the indications are not positive.

The international centres limped back into Dublin last night and headed straight to the Blackrock Clinic for medical scans on their respective injuries.

It appears nigh impossible that either could feature at Murrayfield, leaving coach Eddie O’Sullivan with a major selection headache.