Devin Toner out for two months

Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations title defence suffered another setback today when second row and lineout leader Devin Toner was ruled out for two months following ankle surgery.

Toner, 32, also looks likely to miss Leinster’s Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final clash with Ulster on March 30 after the IRFU confirmed that the forward had required an operation having limped out of Ireland’s defeat at home to England last Saturday.