Joe Schmidt gives upbeat assessment about Joey Carbery's injured ankle

Joe Schmidt gave an upbeat assessment on Joey Carbery’s injured ankle following the Ireland fly-half’s worrying withdrawal from the victory over Italy on a medical cart.

Carbery, the head coach’s primary option as back-up to first-choice number 10 Johnny Sexton heading to next month’s World Cup in Japan, was forced out of Ireland’s 29-10 Guinness Summer Series win over the Italians in Dublin on Saturday after 50 minutes.