Ireland injury worries ease

Ireland should be close to full strength for their World Cup Pool D opener against Namibia on Sunday, with team captain Brian O’Driscoll and star flanker David Wallace almost certainly fit for selection.

Eddie O’Sullivan and his 30-man squad jetted off this afternoon to Bordeaux, their base for the pool stages, with two of their major injury worries - O’Driscoll (fractured sinus) and Wallace (ankle) – on course to start this weekend’s clash.