Wallace injury ‘a personal tragedy’

MUNSTER assistant coach Anthony Foley has described the knee injury to veteran international flanker David Wallace as ‘a personal tragedy.’

Wallace damaged knee ligaments in Ireland’s defeat to England on Saturday and is now ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with Shane Jennings called into the squad. Wallace is to undergo surgery which will discover the extent of the injury which some fear could threaten his career.

Foley said: “You would feel for the guy. I have an idea what he might be going through because he was in tremendous physical shape and ready to go to New Zealand. That’s a huge personal tragedy because it happened so close to a big tournament.”