Victor Costello (Leinster) has been forced to withdraw from the Irish squad to travel to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia for Ireland’s World Cup qualifying match against Russia on September 21.
Costello injured his calf muscle in the second half of Leinster’s game against Connacht on Friday night.
A replacement will be named later.
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