Joe Schmidt gives injury update as stars sit-out open session

On the field, Chris Farrell had an injury scare while training on the Lansdowne Road pitch.

Update 2.30pm: Tadhg Furlong and Iain Henderson are on track to return to the Ireland squad in time for the next leg of the side's Grand Slam bid, writes Brendan O'Brien.

Both forwards missed out on last weekend’s 37-27 Six Nations defeat of Wales through injury but head coach Joe Schmidt was upbeat in his assessment of the pair’s chances of facing Scotland in Dublin next Saturday week.