Healy cleared of biting but ankle injury ends tour

There can rarely have been a day of such extreme emotions for Cian Healy as he was cleared of a biting allegation and then ruled out of this British & Irish Lions tour because of injury.

Healy, 25, will leave Australia tomorrow after a scan revealed significant ankle ligament damage, suffered during Wednesday’s game against Western Force.

By the time he departs, England’s Alex Corbisiero and Scotland’s Ryan Grant will have arrived, as head coach Warren Gatland attempts to overcome a loosehead injury crisis exacerbated by Gethin Jenkins’ late withdrawal from today’s game against the Queensland Reds.