Flannery ruled out of World Cup with calf tear

Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery has been ruled out of the rest of Ireland's World Cup campaign with a tear to his left calf.

Wed, 14 Sep, 2011 - 14:10

Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery has been ruled out of the rest of Ireland's World Cup campaign with a tear to his left calf.

Flannery will require four-six weeks rehabilitation before he can return to play, after he suffered the injury in training yesterday morning in Auckland.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Auckland Place: New Zealand Place: Eden Park Person: Flannery Person: Jerry Flannery Person: Sean Cronin Person: Damien Varley Person: Paul McNaughton Person: Jerry Person: Robert Kearney Person: Tommy Bowe Person: Brian O'Driscoll Person: Gordon D'Arcy Person: Keith Earls Person: Jonathan Sexton Person: Eoin Reddan Person: Cian Healy Person: Rory Best Person: Mike Ross Person: Donncha O'Callaghan Person: Paul O'Connell Person: Stephen Ferris Person: Sean O’Brien Person: Jamie Heaslip Person: Tom Court Person: Donnacha Ryan Person: Denis Leamy Person: Conor Murray Person: Ronan O'Gara Person: Andrew Trimble Event: World Cup Event: Rugby World Cup Pool C clash Organisation: IRFU Organisation: Australia Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Irish Organisation: UCD Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Ospreys Organisation: Lansdowne Organisation: Young Munster Organisation: Munster Organisation: St. Mary's College Organisation: Clontarf Organisation: Banbridge Organisation: Ulster Organisation: Cork Constitution Organisation: Dungannon Organisation: Naas Organisation: Garryowen Organisation: Ballymena

<p>TEAM UPDATE: JJ Hanrahan is set to miss Munster’s opening home game of the URC season this Saturday after failing a Head Injury Assessment in the round-one victory at Scarlets. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady</p>

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